majority, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

majority (majorities plural )

1  n-sing-coll The majority of people or things in a group is more than half of them., (Antonym: minority) The vast majority of our cheeses are made with pasteurised milk...
♦ in a majority/in the majority  phrase
Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.

2 n-count A majority is the difference between the number of votes or seats in parliament or legislature that the winner gets in an election, and the number of votes or seats that the next person or party gets.
Members of parliament approved the move by a majority of ninety-nine...

3 adj Majority is used to describe opinions, decisions, and systems of government that are supported by more than half the people involved.
...her continuing disagreement with the majority view...

4 n-uncount Majority is the state of legally being an adult. In Britain and most states in the United States, people reach their majority at the age of eighteen.
The age of majority in Romania is eighteen...

5
→ absolute majority
→ moral majority