majority
gb/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/ us/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
A2
انگلیسی
~ 1000
معنیها
۰ معنی
اسم
A2
quantity
1
more than half of a group
More than half of the people or things in a group.
الگوی کاربرد:
the majority of [plural noun]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'majority' with 'most' and use it without 'the' (e.g., 'Majority people' instead of 'The majority of people').
هممعنیها
most (Less formal and more common in everyday speech; often interchangeable in simple contexts.)
متضادها
minority (Refers to the smaller number or part, opposite of majority in quantity.)
ترکیبهای رایج
vast majority
|clear majority
|simple majority
|majority vote
|majority opinion
موضوعها
politics
|statistics
|society
|core_vocabulary
نمونهها
- The majority of voters supported the new law.
- A clear majority of the team wanted to change the schedule.
- Women make up the majority in our office.
- The proposal passed by a slim majority.
- The majority of customers prefer online shopping.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The majority of students are in class.
- A majority of people like coffee.
- The majority of cars here are red.
- The majority of my friends live nearby.
اسم
formal
B1
relation
2
control with over half the votes/seats
When one person or group has more than half the votes or seats in politics.
الگوی کاربرد:
win a majority in [organization]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may confuse 'majority' as political control with general numerical majority; context is key.
هممعنیها
control (General term for having power, but not specific to numbers or voting.)
متضادها
deadlock (A situation where no side has enough votes to win.)
ترکیبهای رایج
parliamentary majority
|majority government
|win a majority
|lose a majority
موضوعها
politics
|government
|law
نمونهها
- The party won a narrow majority in parliament.
- They formed a coalition to secure a majority.
- Losing the majority made it difficult to pass new laws.
- The ruling party maintained its majority after the election.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The party won a majority in the election.
- They lost their majority in parliament.
- The president's party has a big majority.
اسم
formal
B2
quantity
3
age when person becomes adult by law
The age when the law says you are an adult.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may think 'majority' always means 'most', not realizing it can mean legal adulthood.
هممعنیها
adulthood (Broader and not necessarily tied to legal status.)
متضادها
minority (The state of being under the legal adult age.)
ترکیبهای رایج
reach majority
|attain majority
موضوعها
law
|society
|relationships
نمونهها
- He reached the age of majority at eighteen.
- In many countries, the age of majority is 18.
- She will attain her majority next year.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- You can vote when you reach the age of majority.
- In my country, the age of majority is 18.
- He reached his majority last month.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
majority
IPA
GB/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
US/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
هجاها و تکیه
ma - jor - ity (۳ هجا)
Stress on 2nd syllable (jor)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: majority
- Plural: majorities
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
majorities
noun
Core family
major
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
majoritarian
adjective C1
عبارتها
by a majority of [number] to [number]
1/bˈaɪ ə məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti əv nˈʌmbɚ tə nˈʌmbɚ/
fixed phrase
voting result margin phrase
Used to show how many more votes one side got than another.
نمونهها
- The bill passed by a majority of 60 to 40.
- They approved it by a majority of 5 to 2.
majority rule
1/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti ɹˈul/
fixed phrase
system where most votes win
A system where more than half the votes decide what happens.
نمونهها
- Democracy is based on majority rule.
- Majority rule decided the outcome.
the vast majority
1/ðə vˈæst məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
fixed phrase
almost all of something
Almost all the people or things in a group.
نمونهها
- The vast majority of students passed the exam.
- The vast majority agreed with the decision.