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/məˈdʒɔrəti/ 
| singular | majority |
| plural | majorities |
- 1[singular] most of the people or things in a group
His job is to represent the views of the majority.
majority of:The majority of our employees are women.
the vast majority (=nearly everyone/everything):The vast majority had never traveled outside the United States.
be in the majority:Young women are in the majority in the fashion industry.
- 2[countable] the number of votes by which a person or party wins an election
They look like securing another overwhelming majority.
an overall majority (=more votes than all your opponents together):Reynolds won with an overall majority of 60 percent.
Collocations: majority
▪ absolute, clear, large, narrow, outright, overall, overwhelming, slim, substantial
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