English Dictionary

majority

IPA（発音記号）

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 古風 イギリス英語

More than half (50%) of some group. / The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes. / (dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority.

日本語の意味

半数以上、過半数（ある集団の50%以上） / （選挙等における）勝利票とその他の票との差 / (古い用法）法的成年、成年に達する年齢

The majority of citizens supported the new environmental policy during the referendum.

国民投票で過半数の市民が新しい環境政策を支持した。

意味（1）

More than half (50%) of some group.

The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.

意味（2）

The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.

The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.

意味（3）

(dated) Legal adulthood, age of majority.

By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.

意味（4）

(UK) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.

意味（5）

Ancestors; ancestry.

Of evil parents an evil generation, a posterity not unlike their majority; of mischievous progenitors, a venomous and destructive progeny.

majorities （ plural ）