majority

Meaning

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

Opposite of

minority

Synonyms

most

plurality

greater part

bulk

absolute majority

legal age

almost all

plural

larger part

full age

mostly

adult age

multitude

age

adulthood

perhaps

preponderance

superior number

suzerainty

general agreement

great number

most of

most part

voice more than half

greater number

lawful age

age of majority

ascendence

ascendency

consensus

countless

crowd

general

generally

lump

mainstream

major

many

margin

mass

Translations

majorité

maggioranza

mayoría

Mehrheit

maioria

meerderheid

Majorität

πλειοψηφία

πλειονότητα

merendeel

majoria

meerderjarigheid

çoğunluk

Volljährigkeit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/

Etymology

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.

Sentences

It was Majority government .

It led to a large exodus of the city , with a majority of the population leaving .

By his third term Nein was serving as majority floor leader of the House .

Only the opinion of the majority judgment is considered to have precedent-setting weight .

The majority of these stores have since been rebranded as Vision Express .

The majority of the companies are catered for the Seniors Programme .