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majority
[ muh-jawr-i-tee, -jor- ]
noun
- the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total ( minority ):
the majority of the population.
- a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
- the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder ( plurality ).
- the party or faction with the majority vote:
The Democratic Party is the majority.
- the state or time of being of full legal age:
to attain one's majority.
- the military rank or office of a major.
majority
/ 尘蓹藞诲萧蓲谤瑟迟瑟 /
noun
- the greater number or part of something
the majority of the constituents
- (in an election) the number of votes or seats by which the strongest party or candidate beats the combined opposition or the runner-up See relative majority absolute majority
- the largest party or group that votes together in a legislative or deliberative assembly
- the time of reaching or state of having reached full legal age, when a person is held competent to manage his own affairs, exercise civil rights and duties, etc
- the rank, office, or commission of major
- euphemistic.the dead (esp in the phrases join the majority, go or pass over to the majority )
- obsolete.the quality or state of being greater; superiority
- modifier of, involving, or being a majority
a majority verdict
a majority decision
- in the majorityforming or part of the greater number of something
Usage
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍辞苍顎卪补路箩辞谤顎僫路迟测 noun plural nonmajorities
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of majority1
Idioms and Phrases
- join the (great) majority, to die.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For the vast majority of the season Arsenal were Liverpool's main challengers for the Premier League title, but their disappointing run of form recently means they are clinging on to second place.
Led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his first election since he became party leader last year, the PAP clinched 65.6% of the vote and an overwhelming majority of the 97 seats in parliament.
His party, the Union for the Republic, won a huge majority in last year's parliamentary election, taking of 108 out of 113 seats in the National Assembly.
This is a big win for the prime minister, who made a surprising comeback to secure a comfortable majority for a second term.
They also became the biggest party in Hertfordshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Devon, where they narrowly fell short of an overall majority.
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Majority Vs. Plurality
What鈥檚 the difference between a majority and a plurality?
Generally speaking, the word majority refers to an amount that鈥檚 larger than half of a total, while the word plurality refers to an amount that鈥檚 the largest of all the amounts that make up a total (even if it鈥檚 less than half).
In casual use, the two words are sometimes used interchangeably to mean more than half of a total.
They are also sometimes used interchangeably in an election with only two candidates (though majority is much more commonly used in the context). That鈥檚 because, in an election with only two ways to vote, getting more votes necessarily means getting more than half of the votes. For example, in such an election, a candidate can be said to have won by a two-thirds majority or a two-thirds plurality (meaning they have received two-thirds of all the votes cast, with the losing candidate receiving one-third).
The terms are used in differing ways in elections with three or more candidates. In such an election, the word plurality often refers to the highest number of votes received when no candidate has received more than 50% of the vote.
In this context, to win a plurality of votes, you just have to get the largest percentage of all vote-getters, which may not be as high as 50%. For example, a candidate in a three-way race may win the plurality by getting 40% of votes, with the runner-up getting 35% of votes and the last-place finisher getting 25% of votes. To win a majority of votes, a candidate would have to get more than 50%.
Sometimes, plurality refers to how many more votes the winner has than the runner-up, and majority refers to the number of votes by which a candidate has exceeded the amount that would be 50%.
If three candidates were to receive 600, 300, and 100 votes, the winner would have a 100-vote majority (due to having 100 votes more than 500, which is half of the total of 1,000 votes cast) and a plurality of 300 votes over the nearest opponent.
Some types of elections require a candidate to receive the majority of the votes to win the election, while others just require a plurality.
Here鈥檚 an example of majority and plurality used correctly in the same sentence.
Example: Although no candidate received the majority of the vote, Ms. Molineaux got the plurality with 40%.
Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between majority and plurality.
Quiz yourself on majority vs. plurality!
Should majority or plurality be used in the following sentence?
At 65% of all purchases, sneakers make up the _____ of the company鈥檚 sales.
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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