majority

[US]/məˈdʒɒrəti/
[UK]/məˈdʒɔːrəti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the greater number; the full age

Phrases & Collocations

majority opinion

majority support

majority decision

majority rule

majority share

vast majority

majority vote

majority leader

majority stake

majority of

overwhelming majority

the great majority

in the majority

majority shareholder

absolute majority

simple majority

narrow majority

silent majority

majority owner

majority of votes

majority control

Example Sentences

they command a majority in Parliament.

The great majority approved.

a slender majority of four.

The majority of the damage is easy to repair.

The vast majority of the workers here are Protestants.

a determination not to allow the majority to lean on the minority.

Her majority was five votes.

The candidate was put in by a majority of one thousand.

The majority voted in favor of the proposal.

The majority of people in the province are in favour of devolution.

the majority of designs were borrowings from the continent.

she was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race.

in the majority of cases all will go smoothly.

a majority of the electorate opposed EC membership.

the majority of newspapers purvey a range of right-wing attitudes.

he claimed to speak for the majority of local people.

He won by a greater majority in this election than in the last.

Real-world Examples

Of these the former are the majority.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Four (Translation)

This description even fits the majority of eminent scholars.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

The party held that majority for more than 10 years.

Source: VOA Special November 2015 Collection

And remember, the majority party won't be in the majority forever.

Source: CNN Listening November 2013 Collection

The vast majority of that is " legal deposit" .

Source: Listening Digest

The first group which unfortunately are the majority.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

But the party lost its majority in parliament.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation November 2019

It would still be a 6-3 conservative majority.

Source: NPR News January 2022 Compilation

The majority was construction waste and paper.

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science (Selected Bilingual)

" You had the majority of the dead -- men, " she says.

Source: National Geographic Anthology

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