majority

noun

More than half (50%) of some group.

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 and all of the other candidates combined.

(UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

Ancestors; ancestry.

(dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority.

Roots

magnusmaj- · Latin · great

Synonyms for majority

bulkn pluralityn preponderancen mostadv predominancen predominationn

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