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majority

/məˈd͡ʒɑ.ɹɪti/
noun

More than half (50%) of some group.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. More than half (50%) of some group.

    “The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.”

  2. Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole).

  3. 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.

    “The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.”

  4. Legal adulthood, age of majority.

    “By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.

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Opposite
minority

MAJORITY at a glance

MAJORITY has 8 letters and scores 20 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + J 8 + O 1 + R 1 + I 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,188 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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