majority
gb/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/ us/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
A2
انگریزی
~ 1000
többség, nagykorúság korhatára, nagykorúság
اسم
A2
1
többség
B1
استعمال کا انداز:
the majority of [plural noun]
The majority of voters supported the new law.
A választók többsége támogatta az új törvényt.
A clear majority of the team wanted to change the schedule.
A csapat tagjainak egyértelmű többsége változtatni akart az időbeosztáson.
Women make up the majority in our office.
The proposal passed by a slim majority.
The majority of customers prefer online shopping.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
The majority of students are in class.
A diákok többsége órán van.
A majority of people like coffee.
Az emberek többsége szereti a kávét.
The majority of cars here are red.
The majority of my friends live nearby.
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'majority' with 'most' and use it without 'the' (e.g., 'Majority people' instead of 'The majority of people').
معنی
more than half of a group
لفظی تراکیب
vast majority
|clear majority
|simple majority
|majority vote
|majority opinion
ہم معنی الفاظ
most (Less formal and more common in everyday speech; often interchangeable in simple contexts.)
متضاد الفاظ
minority (Refers to the smaller number or part, opposite of majority in quantity.)
موضوعات
politics
|statistics
|society
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
More than half of the people or things in a group.
The greater number or part of a total, more than half of the whole amount or group.
اسم
B1
FORMAL
2
többség
B2
استعمال کا انداز:
win a majority in [organization]
The party won a narrow majority in parliament.
A párt szűk többséget szerzett a parlamentben.
They formed a coalition to secure a majority.
Koalíciót alakítottak, hogy biztosítsák a többséget.
Losing the majority made it difficult to pass new laws.
The ruling party maintained its majority after the election.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
The party won a majority in the election.
A párt többséget szerzett a választáson.
They lost their majority in parliament.
Elvesztették a többségüket a parlamentben.
The president's party has a big majority.
عام غلطی:
Learners may confuse 'majority' as political control with general numerical majority; context is key.
معنی
control with over half the votes/seats
لفظی تراکیب
parliamentary majority
|majority government
|win a majority
|lose a majority
ہم معنی الفاظ
control (General term for having power, but not specific to numbers or voting.)
متضاد الفاظ
deadlock (A situation where no side has enough votes to win.)
موضوعات
politics
|government
|law
تعریف
When one person or group has more than half the votes or seats in politics.
Control in a legislative body or decision-making process achieved by having more than half of the votes or seats.
اسم
B2
FORMAL
3
He reached the age of majority at eighteen.
Tizennyolc évesen elérte a nagykorúságot.
In many countries, the age of majority is 18.
Sok országban a nagykorúság korhatára 18 év.
She will attain her majority next year.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
You can vote when you reach the age of majority.
Szavazhatsz, amikor eléred a nagykorúságot.
In my country, the age of majority is 18.
Az országomban a nagykorúság korhatára 18 év.
He reached his majority last month.
عام غلطی:
Learners may think 'majority' always means 'most', not realizing it can mean legal adulthood.
معنی
age when person becomes adult by law
لفظی تراکیب
reach majority
|attain majority
ہم معنی الفاظ
adulthood (Broader and not necessarily tied to legal status.)
متضاد الفاظ
minority (The state of being under the legal adult age.)
موضوعات
law
|society
|relationships
تعریف
The age when the law says you are an adult.
The age at which a person is legally considered an adult and gains full legal rights and responsibilities.
گرامر
لغت میں درج شکل
majority
IPA
GB/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
US/məd͡ʒˈɔɹəti/
ہجا بندی اور زور
ma - jor - ity (3 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (jor)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Noun
- Base: majority
- Plural: majorities
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
majorities
noun
Core family
major
adjective B1
Advanced or less common
majoritarian
adjective C1
عبارات
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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- The vast majority of students passed the exam.
- The vast majority agreed with the decision.