Word: majority
Category: majority
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Related words: majority
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Synonyms: majority
larger part/number, greater part/number, best/better part, most, more than half, plurality, bulk, mass, weight, (main) body, preponderance, predominance, generality, lion's share, (winning) margin, superiority of numbers/votes, landslide, legal age, adulthood, manhood/womanhood, maturity, age of consent, coming of age, absolute majority
Translations: majority
The meaning and "use of": majority
- the greater number. - in the majority of cases all will go smoothly
- the age when a person is legally considered a full adult, in most contexts either 18 or 21. - David was not convicted of a criminal offence after the age of majority .
- the rank or office of a major. - In 1872 Captain Macfarlane was promoted to majority .
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