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majority

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/ · noun

Meaning

  1. More than half (50%) of some group.
  2. The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
  3. Legal adulthood.
  4. The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
  5. Ancestors; ancestry.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

absolute majority(English)legal age(English)bulk(English)consensus(English)majoritarian(English)vote(English)mainstream(English)share(English)shareholder(English)whip(English)minority(English)stake(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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