majority
Phrases
Signification (Anglais)
- (countable, uncountable) More than half (50%) of some group.
- (countable, uncountable) In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
- (countable, dated, uncountable) Legal adulthood, age of majority.
- (UK, countable, uncountable) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
- (countable, uncountable) Ancestors; ancestry.
Concepts
la plupart
la majeure partie
de nombreux
le plus grand nombre
partie principale
presque entièrement
age adulte
la plus grande partie
Opposé de
minority
Synonymes
greater part
larger part
full age
adult age
superior number
general agreement
great number
most of
most part
voice more than half
greater number
lawful age
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.
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