majority.
More than half (50%) of some group.
Meaning & usage
More than half (50%) of some group.
The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.
Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole).
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.
The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.
The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
Legal adulthood, age of majority.
By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.
Ancestors; ancestry.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.
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