majority

Noun
US[muh-jaw-ruh-tee]/məˈdʒɔrəti/4 syllables
Synonyms: bulkabsolute majoritylegal age

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)majorities

  1. 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”Synonyms: bulkType of number, figureAttribute of major
  2. (elections) more than half of the votesSynonyms: absolute majorityType of relative quantity
  3. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairsSynonyms: legal ageType of age, eldPart of adulthood, maturity
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ma·jor′i·ty noun; pl. Majorities (#).

Origin: F. majorité. See Major.

1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically: (a) The military rank of a major. (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.

2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.

3. Ancestors; ancestry. obsolete

4. 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.

To go over to the majority or To join the majority, to die.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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