majority
Pronunciation: /məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/
The English word “majority” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- More than half (50%) of some group.
- Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole).
- 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.
- Legal adulthood, age of majority.
- The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
- Ancestors; ancestry.
Etymology
From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.
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