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переве́с — meaning in English

pereves

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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

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

preponderance — full definition

  1. noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
  2. noun Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
  3. noun Greater physical weight.
  4. noun The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

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