transcription, транскрипция: [ mədʒɒrɪti, AM -dʒɔ:r- ]
( majorities)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them.
The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk...
Still, a majority continue to support the treaty.
≠ minority
N-SING-COLL : usu sing , usu N of n
•
If a group is in a majority or in the majority , they form more than half of a larger group.
Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.
PHRASE : v-link PHR
2.
A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.
Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine...
According to most opinion polls, he is set to win a clear majority...
N-COUNT : usu with supp
3.
Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.
...her continuing disagreement with the majority view...
A majority vote of 75% is required from shareholders for the plan to go ahead.
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.
The age of majority in Romania is eighteen...
N-UNCOUNT : oft with poss
5.
see also absolute majority , moral majority