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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

majority

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/

noun

amount that is more than half of a group

  • “I think the majority of people nowadays prefer shorter stories.”Tatoeba
  • “Speakers of various dialects are in the majority in this region.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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