majorities
Variant of majority
noun pl. majorities
- the greater part or larger number; more than half of a total
- ☆ the number by which the votes cast for the candidate, bill, etc. receiving more than half of the votes, exceed the remaining votes (Ex.: if candidate A gets 100 votes, candidate B, 50, and candidate C, 30, A has a majority of 20)
- the group, party, or faction with more than half of the votes
- the condition or time of having reached full legal age, with full legal rights and responsibilities
- Obsolete the state or quality of being greater
- Mil. the rank or position of a major
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