переве́с — meaning in English
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English meaning
- majority noun More than half of a group or total.
- preponderance noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
Senses
переве́с is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- preponderance Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
majority — full definition
- noun More than half of a group or total.
- noun The legal age at which a person is considered an adult.
preponderance — full definition
- noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
- noun Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
- noun Greater physical weight.
- noun The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.