majority

Significado (inglés)

1. More than half (50%) of some group.
2. 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.
3. Legal adulthood, age of majority.
4. The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
5. Ancestors; ancestry.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin māiōritātem, accusative of Latin māiōritās, from Latin māiōr (“greater”).
Morphologically major + -ity

Oracións

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