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большинство́ — meaning in English

bolshinstvo

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English meaning

  • majority noun More than half of a group or total.
  • most adj The greatest in amount, degree, or number.

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

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

most — full definition

  1. adj The greatest in amount, degree, or number.
  2. pron The majority of a group.
  3. adv Used to form the superlative of longer adjectives and adverbs, meaning "to the greatest degree".

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