majority
nounUK /məˈdʒɒrəti/
US /məˈdʒɔːrəti/
The majority is the bigger part of a group.
The majority of the class voted for pizza.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The number of votes that is more than half of all the votes.
She won the election by a clear majority.
3. The age when a person is legally an adult.
He reached the age of majority at eighteen.
4. A group of people who share the same opinion and are more than half of a larger group.
The majority in the meeting supported the new plan.