majority

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim More than half (50%) of some group.

   “The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.”

2. isim 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.

   “The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.”

3. isim Legal adulthood, age of majority.

   “By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.”

4. isim The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

   “On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.”

5. isim Ancestors; ancestry.

   “Of evil parents an evil generation, a posterity not unlike their majority; of mischievous progenitors, a venomous and destructive progeny.”