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majority

/məˈd͡ʒɑ.ɹɪti/ sustantivo B1

En español: mayoría, mayoría de edad

  1. More than half (50%) of some group. (countable, uncountable) · The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.· Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.
  2. Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole). (countable, uncountable)
  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. (countable, uncountable) · The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.· The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.
  4. Legal adulthood, age of majority. (countable, dated, uncountable) · By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.
  5. Ancestors; ancestry. (countable, uncountable)

Plural majorities

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Now and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or of an all-night lunch counter; but the majority of the doors belonged to business places that had long since been closed.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 21 · C1
“‘“It is this:—‘I swear by my honor not to reveal to anyone what I have seen and heard on the 5th of February, 1815, between nine and ten o’clock in the evening; and I plead guilty of death should I ever violate this oath.’” The general appeared to be affected by a nervous tremor, which prevented his answering for some moments; then, overcoming his manifest repugnance, he pronounced the required oath, but in so low a tone as to be scarcely audible to the majority of the members, who insisted on his repeating it clearly and distinctly, which he did.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 771 · C1
Fortunately, the vast majority of people passed these quick medical exams without any issues.
The Gateway at Ellis Island, p. 1 · B2

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