majority
IPA: mʌdʒˈɔrʌti
noun
- More than half (50%) of some group.
- The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.
- (dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority.
- (UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
- Ancestors; ancestry.
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Examples of "majority" in Sentences
- It's the tyranny of the majority.
- It encompasses the majority of the article.
- They were dissentient from the opinion of the majority.
- A pertinacious minority can control the opinion of a majority.
- The biologist are the majority and the majority is not always right.
- I also think the majority of the editors are unprofessional and opinionated.
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