ALL meanings of majority
ma·jor·i·ty
M m - noun majority group of people 1
- noun majority over 50% 1
- noun majority largest group 1
- noun majority adult 1
- noun majority the dead 1
- noun majority rank 1
- noun majority The greater number. 1
- noun plural majority the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population. 1
- noun plural majority a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number. 1
- noun plural majority the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder (distinguished from plurality). 1
- noun plural majority the party or faction with the majority vote: The Democratic Party is the majority. 1
- noun plural majority the state or time of being of full legal age: to attain one's majority. 1
- noun plural majority the military rank or office of a major. 1
- idioms majority join the (great) majority, to die. 1
- noun majority More than half (50%) of some group. 0
- noun majority The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes. 0
- noun majority (dated) Legal adulthood. 0
- noun majority (Britain) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major. 0
- noun majority Ancestors; ancestry. 0
- singular noun majority The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them. 0
- countable noun majority A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets. 0
- adjective majority Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved. 0
- uncountable noun majority Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen. 0
- noun majority the greater number or part of something 0
- noun majority (in an election) the number of votes or seats by which the strongest party or candidate beats the combined opposition or the runner-up 0
- noun majority the largest party or group that votes together in a legislative or deliberative assembly 0
- noun majority 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 0
- noun majority the rank, office, or commission of major 0
- noun majority the dead (esp in the phrases join the majority, go or pass over to the majority) 0
- noun majority the quality or state of being greater; superiority 0
- noun majority of, involving, or being a majority 0
- noun majority the greater part or larger number; more than half of a total 0
- noun majority the number by which the votes cast for the candidate, bill, etc. receiving more than half of the votes, exceed the remaining votes (Ex.: if candidate A gets 100 votes, candidate B, 50, and candidate C, 30, A has a majority of 20) 0
- noun majority the group, party, or faction with more than half of the votes 0
- noun majority the condition or time of having reached full legal age, with full legal rights and responsibilities 0
- noun majority the state or quality of being greater 0
- noun majority the rank or position of a major 0