"majority" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /məˈd͡ʒɑɹɪti/ [US], /məˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/ [US] Audio: en-us-majority.ogg [US] Forms: majorities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti Etymology: From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin māiōritātem, accusative of Latin māiōritās, from Latin māiōr (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|maiorité|maiorité}} Middle French maiorité, {{der|en|ML.|māiōritātem}} Medieval Latin māiōritātem, {{der|en|la|māiōritās}} Latin māiōritās, {{der|en|la|māiōr|t=greater}} Latin māiōr (“greater”), {{suffix|en|major|ity|nocat=1}} major + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} majority (countable and uncountable, plural majorities)
  1. More than half (50%) of some group. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (more than half): shumicë [feminine] (Albanian), mazhorancë [feminine] (Albanian), غَالِبِيَّة (ḡālibiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), أَغْلَبِيّة (ʔaḡlabiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya) [feminine] (Arabic), مُعْظَم (muʕẓam) (Arabic), մեծամասնություն (mecamasnutʿyun) (Armenian), əksəriyyət (Azerbaijani), çoxluq (Azerbaijani), күпселек (küpselek) (Bashkir), бо́льшасць (bólʹšascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), болшинство (bolšinstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), အများစု (a.mya:cu.) (Burmese), majoria [feminine] (Catalan), 多數 (Chinese Mandarin), 多数 (duōshù) (Chinese Mandarin), většina [feminine] (Czech), flertal [neuter] (Danish), meerderheid [feminine] (Dutch), merendeel [neuter] (Dutch), plimulto (Esperanto), plejparto (Esperanto), enamus (Estonian), enemmistö (Finnish), yksinkertainen enemmistö (Finnish), majorité [feminine] (French), maioría [feminine] (Galician), უმრავლესობა (umravlesoba) (Georgian), Mehrheit [feminine] (German), Majorität [feminine] (German), πλειονότητα (pleionótita) [feminine] (Greek), πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifía) [feminine] (Greek), többség (Hungarian), majoritato (Ido), mayoritas (Indonesian), maggioranza [feminine] (Italian), 多数 (tasū) (alt: たすう) (Japanese), көпшілік (köpşılık) (Kazakh), 다수 (dasu) (alt: 多數) (Korean), 과반수 (gwabansu) (alt: 過半數) (Korean), көпчүлүк (köpcülük) (Kyrgyz), majōritās [feminine] (Latin), plēritās [feminine] (Latin), vairākums [masculine] (Latvian), dauguma [feminine] (Lithuanian), мнозинство (mnozinstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), majoriti (Malay), ഭൂരിപക്ഷം (bhūripakṣaṁ) (Malayalam), maġġoranza [feminine] (Maltese), nuinga (Maori), agháago áníidlą́ą́ʼ (Navajo), mâjorité [feminine] (Norman), majoritet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flertall [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), majoritet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fleirtal [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), majoritat [feminine] (Occitan), اکثریت (aksariyat) (Persian), اکثریت ساده (aksariyat-e sâde) (Persian), większość [feminine] (Polish), maioria [feminine] (Portuguese), majoritate [feminine] (Romanian), большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó) [neuter] (Russian), mòr-chuid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), већина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), većina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), väčšina [feminine] (Slovak), večina [feminine] (Slovene), mayoría [feminine] (Spanish), majoritet [common-gender] (Swedish), аксарият (aksariyat) (Tajik), çoğunluk (Turkish), ekseriyet (Turkish), köplük (Turkmen), köpçülik (Turkmen), бі́льшість (bílʹšistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), aksariyat (Uzbek), đa số (Vietnamese), phần đông (Vietnamese), מערהייט (merheyt) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-majority-en-noun-UvZisdC7 Disambiguation of 'more than half': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes): мнозинство (mnozinstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), пълнолетие (pǎlnoletie) (Bulgarian), လူများစု (lu-mya:cu.) (Burmese), majoria [feminine] (Catalan), majoria d'edat [feminine] (Catalan), 公決 (Chinese Mandarin), 公决 (gōngjué) (Chinese Mandarin), myndighedsalder [common-gender] (Danish), enemmistö (Finnish), täysi-ikäisyys (Finnish), majorité (French), maioría [feminine] (Galician), Erwachsenenalter [neuter] (German), πλειοψηφία (pleiopsifía) [feminine] (Greek), ενηλικιότητα (enilikiótita) [feminine] (Greek), többség (Hungarian), nagykorúság (Hungarian), maggiore età (Italian), 득표차 (deukpyocha) (alt: 得票差) (Korean), мнозинство (mnozinstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), полноле́тство (polnolétstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), полноле́тност (polnolétnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), mâjorité [feminine] (Norman), majoritet [masculine] (Norwegian), seiersmargin [masculine] (Norwegian), myndighetsalder [masculine] (Norwegian), maioria [feminine] (Portuguese), maioridade [feminine] (Portuguese), majorat [neuter] (Romanian), перевес (pereves) [masculine] (Russian), mòr-chuid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), mayoría de edad [feminine] (Spanish), นิติภาวะ (ní-dtì-paa-wá) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-majority-en-noun-JySnAkak Disambiguation of 'difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes': 0 98 0 1 1
  3. (dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-majority-en-noun-EmrBENUi Disambiguation of Collectives: 3 3 69 20 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with collocations, Middle French links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 51 39 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 1 62 33 3 Disambiguation of English terms with collocations: 1 3 62 29 6 Disambiguation of Middle French links with redundant alt parameters: 2 2 64 28 4
  4. (UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-majority-en-noun-QP9C9MjF Categories (other): British English
  5. Ancestors; ancestry. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-majority-en-noun-fZJKFWPv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: major, most, quantifier

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1803, Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution",
          "text": "The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.",
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        {
          "ref": "1920, Champ Clark, Democratic Achievement",
          "text": "But in 1912 the American people gave the Democrats another opportunity, and under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson we swept the country from sea to sea. At the end of that historic contest we had the Presidency, the Senate by a working majority, and the House by an overwhelming majority.",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔakṯariyya",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muʕẓam",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "مُعْظَم"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "mecamasnutʿyun",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "մեծամասնություն"
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          "sense": "more than half",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "çoxluq"
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          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "küpselek",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "күпселек"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "bólʹšascʹ",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бо́льшасць"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bolšinstvo",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.mya:cu.",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "အများစု"
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "多數"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duōshù",
          "sense": "more than half",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "většina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "flertal"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meerderheid"
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        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "merendeel"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "plimulto"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "plejparto"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "enamus"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "enemmistö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "yksinkertainen enemmistö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "majorité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maioría"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "umravlesoba",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "უმრავლესობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mehrheit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Majorität"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pleionótita",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πλειονότητα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pleiopsifía",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πλειοψηφία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "többség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "majoritato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "mayoritas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maggioranza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "たすう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tasū",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "多数"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "köpşılık",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "көпшілік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "多數",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dasu",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "다수"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "過半數",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwabansu",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "과반수"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "köpcülük",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "word": "көпчүлүк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "majōritās"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plēritās"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vairākums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dauguma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mnozinstvo",
          "sense": "more than half",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "мнозинство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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      "expansion": "Latin māiōr (“greater”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "major",
        "3": "ity",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "major + -ity",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin māiōritātem, accusative of Latin māiōritās, from Latin māiōr (“greater”).\nMorphologically major + -ity",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "majorities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "majority (countable and uncountable, plural majorities)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "major"
    },
    {
      "word": "most"
    },
    {
      "word": "quantifier"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "minority"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: plurality"
        },
        {
          "text": "The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1803, Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution",
          "text": "The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, Champ Clark, Democratic Achievement",
          "text": "But in 1912 the American people gave the Democrats another opportunity, and under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson we swept the country from sea to sea. At the end of that historic contest we had the Presidency, the Senate by a working majority, and the House by an overwhelming majority.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "More than half (50%) of some group."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Legal adulthood, age of majority."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "age of majority",
          "age of majority"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Ancestors; ancestry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ancestors",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "ancestry",
          "ancestry"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈd͡ʒɑɹɪti/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒɹɪti"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-majority.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-majority.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "shumicë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mazhorancë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡālibiyya",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غَالِبِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḡlabiyya",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أَغْلَبِيّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔakṯariyya",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أَكْثَرِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕẓam",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "مُعْظَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mecamasnutʿyun",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "մեծամասնություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "əksəriyyət"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "çoxluq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "küpselek",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "күпселек"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bólʹšascʹ",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бо́льшасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bolšinstvo",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "болшинство"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.mya:cu.",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "အများစု"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "多數"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōshù",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "多数"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "většina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flertal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meerderheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "merendeel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "plimulto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "plejparto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "enamus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "enemmistö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "yksinkertainen enemmistö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majorité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maioría"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umravlesoba",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "უმრავლესობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mehrheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Majorität"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pleionótita",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πλειονότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pleiopsifía",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πλειοψηφία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "többség"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "majoritato"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "mayoritas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maggioranza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tasū",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "多数"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "köpşılık",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "көпшілік"
    },
    {
      "alt": "多數",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dasu",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "다수"
    },
    {
      "alt": "過半數",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwabansu",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "과반수"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "köpcülük",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "көпчүлүк"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majōritās"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plēritās"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vairākums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dauguma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mnozinstvo",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мнозинство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mnozinstvo",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мнозинство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "majoriti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bhūripakṣaṁ",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "ഭൂരിപക്ഷം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maġġoranza"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "nuinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "agháago áníidlą́ą́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mâjorité"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majoritet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flertall"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majoritet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fleirtal"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majoritat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "aksariyat",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "اکثریت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "aksariyat-e sâde",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "اکثریت ساده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "większość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maioria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majoritate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšinstvó",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "большинство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mòr-chuid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "већина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "većina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "väčšina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "večina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mayoría"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "majoritet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "aksariyat",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "аксарият"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "çoğunluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "ekseriyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "köplük"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "köpçülik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bílʹšistʹ",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бі́льшість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "aksariyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "đa số"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "word": "phần đông"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "merheyt",
      "sense": "more than half",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מערהייט"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mnozinstvo",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мнозинство"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lu-mya:cu.",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "လူများစု"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "公決"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngjué",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "公决"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "enemmistö"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maioría"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pleiopsifía",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πλειοψηφία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "többség"
    },
    {
      "alt": "得票差",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "deukpyocha",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "득표차"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mnozinstvo",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мнозинство"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majoritet"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seiersmargin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maioria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereves",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перевес"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mòr-chuid"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlnoletie",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "пълнолетие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majoria d'edat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "myndighedsalder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "täysi-ikäisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "majorité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Erwachsenenalter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enilikiótita",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ενηλικιότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "nagykorúság"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "maggiore età"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "polnolétstvo",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полноле́тство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "polnolétnost",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полноле́тност"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mâjorité"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myndighetsalder"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maioridade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "majorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mayoría de edad"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ní-dtì-paa-wá",
      "sense": "difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes",
      "word": "นิติภาวะ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "majority"
  ],
  "word": "majority"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'legal adulthood', 2: 'age of majority'}",
  "path": [
    "majority",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "majority",
  "trace": ""
}

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