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majority

B1 noun

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  1. đa số · phần đông · số đông

    More than half (50%) of some group.

    countable · uncountable

    The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.

  2. đa số (trong quốc hội hoặc bầu cử)

    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.

    countable · uncountable

    The ruling party had a narrow three-seat majority in the legislature.

  3. chức thiếu tá

    The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.

    uk · countable · uncountable

    On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.

  4. tổ tiên, dòng dõi

    Ancestors; ancestry.

    countable · uncountable

    Of evil parents an evil generation, a posterity not unlike their majority; of mischievous progenitors, a venomous and destructive progeny.

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