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majority
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As a noun, majority means more than half (50%) of some group.
Meanings of majority
7 meaningsnoun
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.”
The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
“The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.”
UKThe 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.
The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
“the majority of his customers prefer it”
“the bulk of the work is finished”
Similar: bulkThe age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairstime
Similar: legal age
Older and rare meanings (1)
datedLegal adulthood, age of majority.
“By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).