transcription, транскрипция: [ plʊərælɪti ]
( pluralities)
1.
If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. ( FORMAL )
Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.
QUANT-PLURAL
2.
If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea. ( FORMAL )
The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes...
QUANT-PLURAL
3.
A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates. ( AM )
He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent.
N-COUNT
4.
A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second. ( AM )
Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to 82.
= majority
N-COUNT