большинство́ — meaning in English
bolshinstvo
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English meaning
Senses
большинство́ is used for these senses in English:
- 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)
- power play (ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
majority — full definition
- noun More than half of a group or total.
- noun The legal age at which a person is considered an adult.
most — full definition
- adj The greatest in amount, degree, or number.
- pron The majority of a group.
- adv Used to form the superlative of longer adjectives and adverbs, meaning "to the greatest degree".