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majority |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl {Majorities}. [F. majorit['e]. See {Major}.] 1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically: a The military rank of a major. b The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs. 2. The greater number; more than half; as a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast. 3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.] 4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See {Plurality}. {To go over to or To join}, {the majority}, to die. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: majority n 1: the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts the main part "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" [syn: {bulk}] [ant: {minority}] 2: (in an election) more than half of the votes [syn: {absolute majority}] 3: the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs [syn: {legal age}] [ant: {minority}]
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