MAJORITY vs ABSOLUTE MAJORITY: NOUN
- (elections) more than half of the votes
- The age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs
- The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total.
- The amount by which the greater number of votes cast, as in an election, exceeds the total number of remaining votes.
- The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.
- The age at which a person is recognized as an adult by the law.
- The military rank, commission, or office of a major.
- The state of being major or greater; superiority; preponderance.
- The greater number; more than half the whole number: as, a majority of mankind; a majority of votes. See plurality.
- The excess of one of two groups of things which have been enumerated over the other: as, the measure was carried by a majority of twenty votes; his majority was two to one.
- Full age; the age at which the laws of a country permit a young person to manage his own affairs and to exercise the rights of citizenship—in most countries twenty-one years.
- The office, rank, or commission of a major.
- [L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry.
- The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- The military rank of a major.
- The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
- The greater number; more than half
- Ancestors; ancestry.
- The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates. See Plurality.
- To die.
- More than half (50%) of some group
- The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
- Legal adulthood
- The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major
- The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
- (elections) more than half of the votes
- More than half of the votes cast; more than half of the possible votes.
- More than half of the counted item.
MAJORITY vs ABSOLUTE MAJORITY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- The main part
- N/A
MAJORITY vs ABSOLUTE MAJORITY: RELATED WORDS
- Preponderance, Number, Most, Portion, Margin, Predominance, Percentage, Predominantly, Vote, Proportion, Plurality, Minority, Legal age, Absolute majority, Bulk
- Onefold, Anacoluthon, Numerical quantity, Cumulative vote, Absolute temperature, Fortuitism, Malapportioned, Inconditionate, Psephism, Ablative absolute, Relative quantity, Thetical, Vote down, Absolute, Majority
MAJORITY vs ABSOLUTE MAJORITY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Support, Party, Preponderance, Number, Most, Portion, Margin, Percentage, Predominantly, Vote, Proportion, Minority, Legal age, Absolute majority, Bulk
- Onefold, Anacoluthon, Numerical quantity, Cumulative vote, Absolute temperature, Fortuitism, Malapportioned, Inconditionate, Psephism, Ablative absolute, Relative quantity, Thetical, Vote down, Absolute, Majority
MAJORITY vs ABSOLUTE MAJORITY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- The majority of our business is carpet cleaning.
- Cloud environments holding the majority of that data.
- NGOs provided the majority of victim care services.
- Senate, the majority is absolutely up for grabs.
- The majority of justices or judges of a court provide the majority opinion, which is an explanation of the final ruling.
- Speaker Pro Tem; Robin Jennison as Majority Leader, and Doug Mays as Assistant Majority Leader.
- In their eyes, the ethnic majority was necessarily the same as the democratic majority.
- The Supreme Court approved the districting, although the fragmented majority of seven concurred in no majority opinion.
- Majority Leader; and Peggy Mast as Assistant Majority Leader.
- Above those thresholds, both majority foreignowned and majority Nigerianowned companies may engage in competitive bidding.
- Party does not hold an absolute majority in the parliament.
- Bills pass the National Parliament by an absolute majority.
- Governing Council, with an absolute majority of online votes.
- Amendment: absolute majority in both chambers, afterwards referendum.
- Nine states were needed for an absolute majority.
- Sejm and absolute majority in the Senate Art.
- Supplementary laws shall be approved by absolute majority.
- BJP wins all eight seats with absolute majority.
- Bringing down the government requires an absolute majority.
- Council, so a simple majority but not an absolute majority.
MAJORITY vs ABSOLUTE MAJORITY: QUESTIONS
- Where does the majority of workplace violence occur?
- Why does Roberts assign Kagan the majority opinion?
- Who is the majority shareholder of Borets international?
- Who provides the majority of private extension services?
- Which mountain range covers the majority of Vietnam?
- Are the majority of burglaries committed by opportunists?
- Do the majority of dissatisfied customers not complain?
- What are the characteristics of majority shareholders?
- Is Runnymede still a Conservative majority council?
- What countries with Muslim majority are democracies?
- Is the SNP on course for an absolute majority on 6 May?
- What are the limitations of the absolute-majority criterion?
- How many autonomous regions in China have absolute majority of Han?
- What happens if there is no absolute majority in the Senate?
- What is the meaning of absolute majority in Lok Sabha?