Majority
noun
A number that is more than the total of the rest of the numbers.
In the election, the majority of the people voted for the new proposal.
Often appears as...
- majority vote
- majority rule
noun
The age at which a person is officially considered an adult.
She will reach the age of majority on her 18th birthday.
Often appears as...
- age of majority
- reach majority
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Formal
Legal
noun
A status or rule by which decisions are decided by voting and the decision with more votes wins.
The party's majority rule will determine our next steps.
Often appears as...
- majority rule
- majority government
Usage tips
Approving
Political
noun
A number that is more than the total of the rest of the numbers.
In the election, the majority of the people voted for the new proposal.
Often appears as...
- majority vote
- majority rule
noun
The age at which a person is officially considered an adult.
She will reach the age of majority on her 18th birthday.
Often appears as...
- age of majority
- reach majority
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
A status or rule by which decisions are decided by voting and the decision with more votes wins.
The party's majority rule will determine our next steps.
Often appears as...
- majority rule
- majority government
Usage tips
Approving
Political
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Pro Tip 1/3Quantitative Context
Use 'majority' when referring to the greater part or number in a group of entities.
The majority of students prefer having classes online.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Total
'Majority' indicates more than half, but not necessarily the whole.
A majority of the pie has been eaten, but some is left.
Pro Tip 3/3Subject Variability
Understand that 'majority' can apply to people, opinions, or objects in various contexts.
The majority of today's news articles focus on the environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Quantitative Context
Use 'majority' when referring to the greater part or number in a group of entities.
The majority of students prefer having classes online.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Total
'Majority' indicates more than half, but not necessarily the whole.
A majority of the pie has been eaten, but some is left.
Pro Tip 3/3Subject Variability
Understand that 'majority' can apply to people, opinions, or objects in various contexts.
The majority of today's news articles focus on the environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Quantitative Context
Use 'majority' when referring to the greater part or number in a group of entities.
The majority of students prefer having classes online.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Total
'Majority' indicates more than half, but not necessarily the whole.
A majority of the pie has been eaten, but some is left.
Pro Tip 3/3Subject Variability
Understand that 'majority' can apply to people, opinions, or objects in various contexts.
The majority of today's news articles focus on the environment.
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Why are some people...
many of the important instruments that have shaped society were designed for the right-handed majority. Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world, eventually disappearing from the population.
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Can you solve the temple...
If there's only one group arguing, both others must be telling the truth, and if there are two conflicts, then the possessed students are in separate groups and you can safely trust the majority in both trios since at least two people in each will be truthful. The temple collapses behind you
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
This means that an electric current can move through a superconductor without slowing down and barely leaking any energy away, meaning, it could go pretty much forever. There's only one problem, the vast majority of superconductors only really work at a temperature
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Origins of the Universe...
of matter in the universe. It features three epochs that span billions of years. The vast majority of the universe's life span, and includes the present day. The first was the atomic epoch. In this stage, the universe's temperature cooled down enough for electrons
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The surprising reason...
Unfortunately, it doesn't always work perfectly. Most notably, millions of people worldwide suffer from autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system treats normal bodily cues as threats, so the body attacks itself. But for the majority of the human race,
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Questions No One Knows...
The vast majority of the galaxies are separating from us so fast that light from them may never reach us. Still, our physical reality here on Earth is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe.
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Rethinking infidelity...
If even happy people cheat, what is it about? The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner.
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What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
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On choosing to be gay PIPE...
didn't stick the first time more importantly if you are choosing to interpret your religious beliefs to be anti-gay that is most definitely a choice especially considering that the majority of people the majority for
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The benefits of a...
chances are you belong to the world's bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain
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Why are some people...
many of the important instruments that have shaped society were designed for the right-handed majority. Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world, eventually disappearing from the population.
Video examples
Can you solve the temple...
If there's only one group arguing, both others must be telling the truth, and if there are two conflicts, then the possessed students are in separate groups and you can safely trust the majority in both trios since at least two people in each will be truthful. The temple collapses behind you
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
This means that an electric current can move through a superconductor without slowing down and barely leaking any energy away, meaning, it could go pretty much forever. There's only one problem, the vast majority of superconductors only really work at a temperature
Video examples
Origins of the Universe...
of matter in the universe. It features three epochs that span billions of years. The vast majority of the universe's life span, and includes the present day. The first was the atomic epoch. In this stage, the universe's temperature cooled down enough for electrons
Video examples
The surprising reason...
Unfortunately, it doesn't always work perfectly. Most notably, millions of people worldwide suffer from autoimmune diseases, in which the immune system treats normal bodily cues as threats, so the body attacks itself. But for the majority of the human race,
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
The vast majority of the galaxies are separating from us so fast that light from them may never reach us. Still, our physical reality here on Earth is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe.
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
If even happy people cheat, what is it about? The vast majority of people that I actually work with are not at all chronic philanderers. They are often people who are deeply monogamous in their beliefs, and at least for their partner.
Video examples
What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
Video examples
On choosing to be gay PIPE...
didn't stick the first time more importantly if you are choosing to interpret your religious beliefs to be anti-gay that is most definitely a choice especially considering that the majority of people the majority for
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The benefits of a...
chances are you belong to the world's bilingual and multilingual majority. And besides having an easier time traveling or watching movies without subtitles, knowing two or more languages means that your brain
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Quote examples
Kevin Hart
American Actor
When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people to view those movies as just movies, as just good movies. At the end of the day, regardless of the color of the cast, we're all doing the same thing in this business: trying to make a good film.
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Gary Neville
English Athlete
A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Statesman
I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.
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Tom Sturridge
English Actor
I spend the majority of my life not acting.
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Congolese Politician
The will of the majority will be respected.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
One man with courage is a majority.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people to view those movies as just movies, as just good movies. At the end of the day, regardless of the color of the cast, we're all doing the same thing in this business: trying to make a good film.
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Gary Neville
English Athlete
A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Statesman
I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.
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Tom Sturridge
English Actor
I spend the majority of my life not acting.
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Congolese Politician
The will of the majority will be respected.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
One man with courage is a majority.
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