Majority

Noun

 * 1) More than half (50%) of some group
 * The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.
 * 1) 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%.
 * 1)  Legal adulthood
 * By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
 * 1)  The 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.
 * On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.

Antonyms

 * minority

Derived terms

 * by a majority
 * dictatorship of the majority
 * double majority


 * majority leader
 * majority rule
 * simple majority


 * supermajority
 * tyranny of the majority

Related terms

 * major
 * plurality

Adjectives for Majority
overwhelming; popular; hostile; legislative;

Verbs for Majority
attain—; bow to—; endow witn—; gain—; increase—; pile up—; poll—; purchase—; reach—; render—; sway—; swell—; — balances; —carries; —determines; —exceeds; —overtops; —overwhelms; —predominates, —prevails; —surpasses.

Thesaurus
accomplishment, adulthood, adultness, age of consent, ascendancy, best part, better part, body, bulk, deanship, driving age, essence, excellence, favor, flower of age, full age, full bloom, full growth, fullgrownness, generality, gist, gravamen, greatness, grown-upness, incomparability, inimitability, lead, legal age, legalis homo, main body, major part, manhood, manlihood, mass, mature age, maturity, meat, more than half, most, one-upmanship, plurality, precedence, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, prestige, prime, prime of life, priority, privilege, right-of-way, ripe age, riper years, seniority, skill, substance, success, superiority, the greatest number, thrust, toga virilis, transcendence, transcendency, virility, virtuosity, womanhood, womanlihood, years of discretion

Etymology
From majorité.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, plejparto
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: πλειονότητα, πλειοψηφία
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 大多数 (だいたすう, daitasū)
 * Korean: 대다수 (daedasu)
 * Macedonian: мнозинство
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: већина
 * Roman: većina
 * Slovene: večina
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 公決, 公决
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: πλειοψηφία
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: мнозинство


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ενηλικιότητα


 * Hungarian: nagykorúság
 * Italian: maggiore età
 * Macedonian: полнолетство, полнолетност
 * Romanian: