majority
noun/məˈdʒɔːrəti/
(plural majorities)
Слово англійською: majority
Переклад majority українською: бі́льшість кого́/чого́, повнолі́ття, перева́жна бі́льшість
Детальний опис
- [singular + singular or plural verb] the largest part of a group of people or things
- majority (of somebody/something) The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio.
- The majority was/were in favour of banning new coal mines.
- This treatment is not available in the vast majority of hospitals.
- The overwhelming majority of participants were men.
- to represent/form/constitute/comprise the majority of somebody/something
- in a/the majority (of something) In the nursing profession, women are in the majority.
- The drug provided significant pain relief in a majority of cases.
- a majority decision (= one that is decided by what most people want)
- We make decisions by majority vote.
- the majority opinion/view
- [countable] the number of votes by which one political party wins an election; the number of votes by which one side in a discussion, etc. wins
- by/with a majority of something She was elected by a majority of 749.
- The resolution was carried by a huge majority.
- majority over somebody They had a large majority over their nearest rivals.
- They have a clear majority (= large majority) in Parliament.
- to win/get/gain/secure a majority
Wordfinder- candidate
- constituency
- contest
- democracy
- election
- majority
- manifesto
- poll
- referendum
- swing vote
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in electionsRunning for election- conduct/hold an election/a referendum
- (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- hold/call/contest a general/national election
- launch/run a presidential election campaign
- support/back a candidate
- sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
- appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
- fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
- go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
- cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
- vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
- mark/spoil your ballot paper
- count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
- go to/be defeated at the ballot box
- get/win/receive/lose votes
- get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
- win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
- lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
- win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
- elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
- be sworn into office/in as president
- take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
- swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
- give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
- take/enter/hold/leave office
- appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
- form a government/a cabinet
- serve two terms as prime minister/in office
- [countable] (North American English) the difference between the number of votes given to the candidate who wins the election and the total number of votes of all the other candidates
- Without this shift, Kerry would have had a popular majority of a million votes.
- [uncountable] (law) the age at which you are legally considered to be an adult
- The age of majority in Britain was reduced from 21 to 18 in 1970.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting superiority): from French majorité, from medieval Latin majoritas, from Latin major, comparative of magnus ‘great’.