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enemmistö — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gross adjective Disgusting or unpleasant.
  • majority noun More than half of a group or total.
  • most adj The greatest in amount, degree, or number.
  • preponderance noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.

Senses

enemmistö is used for these senses in English:

  • gross The bulk; the mass.
  • majority More than half (50%) of some group.
  • majority In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combined.
  • most the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
  • most (uncountable) The greatest amount.
  • preponderance Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.

gross — full definition

  1. adjective Disgusting or unpleasant.
  2. adjective Total, before any deductions such as tax or expenses.
  3. adjective Obvious, glaring, or extreme, often describing something clearly wrong.
  4. noun The total amount earned before deductions.
  5. noun A group of 144 items (twelve dozen).

majority — full definition

  1. noun More than half of a group or total.
  2. noun The legal age at which a person is considered an adult.

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