majority

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UK /məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/ US /məˈd͡ʒɑ.ɹɪti/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) most

ADJ

big, great, huge, overwhelming, substantial, vast

silent

Most people don't vote, but the silent majority still shapes election results.

VERB + MAJORITY

comprise, constitute, form, make up

Women now make up the majority of students studying medicine at universities.

MAJORITY + NOUN

culture, group, population | opinion, view | shareholder

stake

After the merger, our firm owned a majority stake in the new business.

PREP

in the ~

Most students in our class prefer coffee to tea, so coffee drinkers are in the majority.

PHRASES

in the majority of cases

When people exercise regularly, in the majority of cases they feel healthier and sleep better.

(noun.) in an election

ADJ

handsome, huge, large, massive, overwhelming, substantial | clear, comfortable, decisive | bare, narrow, slender, slight, slim, small, tiny, wafer-thin | ten-seat, three-to-one, two-thirds, etc.

absolute, outright, overall

The government won an absolute majority in last week's election, giving them full control of parliament.

simple | decreased, increased

working

The new president struggled to pass laws because she lacked a working majority in parliament.

parliamentary | government | Conservative, Labour, etc. | necessary, requisite

VERB + MAJORITY

command, have

achieve, gain, get, secure, win

The party needed to secure a clear majority in parliament to pass the new law.

defend, maintain, retain | lose | overturn | indicate, show

MAJORITY + NOUN

government, rule | party | decision | vote, voting | support

PREP

by a ~

The new president was elected by a comfortable majority in last year's election.

~ against

The vote showed a clear majority against closing the local hospital.

~ in

The new government gained a majority in the Senate after the recent elections.

~ in favour of

The survey showed a clear majority in favour of building a new community park.

~ over

The new president won a clear majority over the opposition parties in last week's election.

Definitions

noun

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.

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

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.

He was a captain before he went to the front, and following the Argonne battles he got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns.

Ancestors; ancestry.

Of evil parents an evil generation, a posterity not unlike their majority; of mischievous progenitors, a venomous and destructive progeny.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the property resulting from being or relating to the greater

bulk

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

go over to the majority

To die.

vast majority

The greatest part of something, to the point where alternatives are nearly irrelevant in size.

The vast majority of people will not live to 110.

Example Bank

The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.

Wiktionary

Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.

Wiktionary

The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then

Wiktionary

A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.

Tatoeba · #1774

The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority.

Tatoeba · #20024

The bill passed by a small majority of 10 votes.

Tatoeba · #20026

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, majority is marked as dated, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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