majority
gb/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/ us/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 1000
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
quantity
1
more than half of a group
More than half of the people or things in a group.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the majority of [plural noun]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'majority' with 'most' and use it without 'the' (e.g., 'Majority people' instead of 'The majority of people').
คำพ้องความหมาย
most (Less formal and more common in everyday speech; often interchangeable in simple contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
minority (Refers to the smaller number or part, opposite of majority in quantity.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
vast majority
|clear majority
|simple majority
|majority vote
|majority opinion
หัวข้อ
politics
|statistics
|society
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- 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.
คำนาม
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.
รูปแบบการใช้:
win a majority in [organization]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'majority' as political control with general numerical majority; context is key.
คำพ้องความหมาย
control (General term for having power, but not specific to numbers or voting.)
คำตรงข้าม
deadlock (A situation where no side has enough votes to win.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
parliamentary majority
|majority government
|win a majority
|lose a majority
หัวข้อ
politics
|government
|law
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The party won a majority in the election.
- They lost their majority in parliament.
- The president's party has a big majority.
คำนาม
formal
B2
quantity
3
age when person becomes adult by law
The age when the law says you are an adult.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think 'majority' always means 'most', not realizing it can mean legal adulthood.
คำพ้องความหมาย
adulthood (Broader and not necessarily tied to legal status.)
คำตรงข้าม
minority (The state of being under the legal adult age.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
reach majority
|attain majority
หัวข้อ
law
|society
|relationships
ตัวอย่าง
- He reached the age of majority at eighteen.
- In many countries, the age of majority is 18.
- She will attain her majority next year.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- 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.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
majority
IPA
GB/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
US/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
ma - jor - ity (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 2nd syllable (jor)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: majority
- Plural: majorities
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
majorities
noun
Core family
major
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
majoritarian
adjective C1
วลีและสำนวน
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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- 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.
ตัวอย่าง
- The vast majority of students passed the exam.
- The vast majority agreed with the decision.