ma·jor·i·ty /məˈʤɔrəti, ˈʤɑr-/
多數,大多數;C超過對方的票數
majority
多數(邏輯)
majority
多數 多數決
Ma·jor·i·ty n.; pl. Majorities
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. 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 the majority or To join the majority, to die.
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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]