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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part;
- Example: "the majority of his customers prefer it"
- Example: "the bulk of the work is finished"
[syn: majority, bulk]

2. (elections) more than half of the votes;
[syn: majority, absolute majority]

3. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs;
[syn: majority, legal age]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Majority \Ma*jor"i*ty\, n.; pl. Majorities. [F. majorit['e]. See Major.] 1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically: (a) The military rank of a major. (b) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs. [1913 Webster] 2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality. [1913 Webster] To go over to the majority or To join the majority, to die. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

73 Moby Thesaurus words for "majority": accomplishment, adulthood, adultness, age of consent, ascendancy, best part, better part, body, bulk, deanship, driving age, essence, excellence, favor, flower of age, full age, full bloom, full growth, fullgrownness, generality, gist, gravamen, greatness, grown-upness, incomparability, inimitability, lead, legal age, legalis homo, main body, major part, manhood, manlihood, mass, mature age, maturity, meat, more than half, most, one-upmanship, plurality, precedence, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, prestige, prime, prime of life, priority, privilege, right-of-way, ripe age, riper years, seniority, skill, substance, success, superiority, the greatest number, thrust, toga virilis, transcendence, transcendency, virility, virtuosity, womanhood, womanlihood, years of discretion