majoritynoun
uk/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us/məˈdʒɑː.rə.t̬i/majority noun (NUMBER)
B2 [ S ] the larger number or part of something:
The majority of the employees have university degrees.
A large majority of people approve of the death sentence.
In Britain women are in the/a majority.
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minority
[ C ] in an election, the difference in the number of votes between the winning person or group and the one that comes second:
The Democratic candidate won by a narrow/large majority.
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- The majority of young professionals in the capital have moved there from provincial towns.
- In the past, the majority of women were consigned to a lifetime of servitude and poverty.
- The majority of people in the town strongly support the plans to build a by-pass.
- A couple of people objected to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it.
- A large majority of the population is demanding the restoration of the former government.
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Maximum and minimum
- (at) full stretch idiom
- at least idiom
- bare
- ceiling
- critical mass
- full
- limit
- mass
- max
- max out
- maximal
- maximum
- minimum
- minority
- most
- most
- outside
- peak
- the full monty
- utmost
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majority noun (AGE)
[ U ] specialized law the age when you legally become an adult:
the age of majority
She will inherit her father's estate when she reaches her majority.
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Stages of life
- adolescence
- adulthood
- arrive
- autumn
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood
- decline
- get on
- girlhood
- glory days
- golden age
- heyday
- middlescence
- midlife
- midlife crisis
- old age
- prime
- twilight
- twilight years idiom
- youth
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