MAJORITY


Meaning of MAJORITY in English

noun ancestors; ancestry.

2. majority ·noun the military rank of a major.

3. majority ·noun the quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.

4. majority ·noun the condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.

5. majority ·noun the greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

6. majority ·noun the amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. ·see plurality.

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