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# majority

noun (a majority, majorities)

«majority» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The bigger part of a group; more than half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#m1)
2. The number of votes by which a winner beats others (won by a majority of ten). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#m2)
3. (formal, law) The age when you are legally an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths lessons: majority means more than half, so in a class of 30, a majority is at least 16. In voting (class elections): the majority wins. Phrases: the majority of, a large majority, in the majority, majority vote.

### Examples

- The majority of pupils walk to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#x1)
- The majority voted for a trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#x2)
- She won by a majority of five votes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#x3)
- In our class, girls are in the majority. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#x4)
- The vast majority of people were kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#x5)
- A majority of 30 people means at least 16 people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#x6)
- Most probably some such thoughts as these discouraged the majority from going out into the world to collect the required information. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/#x7)

### Note

Countable. "The majority of + plural noun" usually takes a plural verb: "The majority of children like ice cream." For numbers: majority means MORE than half; exactly half is not a majority. Opposite: minority. Trap: "most" and "majority" are similar, but "majority" is for countable groups (the majority of people), not for amounts (not "the majority of the cake").

## In Jewish tradition

In maths lessons: majority means more than half, so in a class of 30, a majority is at least 16. In voting (class elections): the majority wins. Phrases: the majority of, a large majority, in the majority, majority vote.

### Note

Countable. "The majority of + plural noun" usually takes a plural verb: "The majority of children like ice cream." For numbers: majority means MORE than half; exactly half is not a majority. Opposite: minority. Trap: "most" and "majority" are similar, but "majority" is for countable groups (the majority of people), not for amounts (not "the majority of the cake").

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «majority» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/majority/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«majority» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/majority.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «majority» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/majority/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«majority» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/majority.html) on Mova free.