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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. Majorities. [F. majorit['e].
     See Major.]
     1. The quality or condition of being major or greater;
        superiority. Specifically:
        (a) The military rank of a major.
        (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by
            law to manage one's own affairs.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of
        mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all
        other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially,
        the number by which the votes for a successful candidate
        exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected
        by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To go over to the majority or To join the majority, to
        die.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. Majorities. [F. majorit['e].
     See Major.]
     1. The quality or condition of being major or greater;
        superiority. Specifically:
        (a) The military rank of a major.
        (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by
            law to manage one's own affairs.
  
     2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of
        mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
  
     3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
  
     4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all
        other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially,
        the number by which the votes for a successful candidate
        exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected
        by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.
  
     To go over to, or To join, the majority, to die.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  majority
       n 1: the property resulting from being or relating to the greater
            in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of
            his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is
            finished" [syn: bulk] [ant: minority]
       2: (elections) more than half of the votes [syn: absolute
          majority]
       3: the age at which a person is considered competent to manage
          their own affairs [syn: legal age] [ant: minority]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  majority
     Αγγλικά n.
     η πλειονότητα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  majority
     n.
     More than half (50%) of some group.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  majority
     n.
     More than half (50%) of some group.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  majority
     n.
     More than half (50%) of some group.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  majority
     n.
     More than half (50%) of some group.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  majority
     Englanti n.
     1 enemmistö
     2 (''AmE'') (''politiikka'') enemmistö, yli 50 %
     3 (yhteys shakki k=en) enemmistö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  majority
     Engelska n.
     majoritet

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Majority /mədʒˈɒɹɪti/
  الأغلبية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  majority //məˈd͡ʒɑɹɪti// //məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti// //məˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti// 
  1. пълнолетие
  2. мнозинство
  difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
  3. болшинство
  more than half