majority

noun
/məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/

More than half (50%) of some group.

Other meanings

In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; 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.
“The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.”
Ancestors; ancestry.

Synonyms

absolute majority

Related words

antimajority
hypermajority
majoritarian
majoritize
majorityhood
nonmajority
submajority
supramajority
vast majority
ethnic majority
supermajority
global majority

Example sentences

“It's true of the overwhelming majority of us.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "maior" (greater).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “majority” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.