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{ "forms": [ { "form": "majority", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "majorities", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "majorities" }, "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "irrnoun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "antonyms": [ { "word": "minority" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "The majority vote will win." }, { "text": "The majority of my classmates are not married, but they are dating someone." }, { "text": "Most of the people in this city are white. The white majority outnumbers the black minority." } ], "glosses": [ "The biggest of several groups of people or things." ] }, { "examples": [ { "text": "A true majority of votes is needed to change the results of the last vote." } ], "glosses": [ "More than half, also called a true majority." ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/məˈd͡ʒɒrɪti/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/məˈd͡ʒɑrɪti/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-majority.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "tags": [ "irregular" ], "word": "majority" }
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