majority
/məˈdʒɒrɪti/
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mə - ˈdʒɒrɪti -> majority
(n) အများစု
majority / mǝ'dʒɒrǝti; US -'dʒↄ:r- / n
၁။ the majority [Gp]
အများစု။ The majority of people prefer TV to radio. ❍ The majority was/were in favour of the proposal. ❍ in the vast majority of cases ❍ majority opinion/rule ❍ It was a majority decision (ie decided by what most people wanted). ❍ Those who favour the proposed changes are in the majority. Compare MINORITY
၂။ [C] ~ (over sb ) (က) ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ဘက်ကို အသာရသော မဲ အရေအတွက်။
She was elected by a majority of 749. ❍ They had a large majority over the other party at the last election. ❍ The government does not have an overall majority (ie a majority over all other parties together).
(ခ) (US ) ယှဉ်ပြိုင်သူအားလုံးထက် ပိုရသော မဲ အရေအတွက်။ See also PLURALITY ၂
၃။ [U] အရွယ် ရောက်သည့် အသက်။ The age of majority in Britain was reduced from 21 to 18 in 1970.
❏ majority verdict n (law ) ဂျူရီလူကြီး အများ စု၏ အဆုံးအဖြတ်။
- His job is to represent the views of the majority.
- [majority of] : The majority of our employees are women.
- [the vast majority] : The vast majority had never travelled outside the United States.
- [be in the majority] : Young women are in the majority in the fashion industry.
- [the majority opinion/view] : The majority view is that the bombing campaign is justified.
- [a majority decision/verdict] : We have to accept the majority decision.
- They look like securing another overwhelming majority.
- [an overall majority] : Reynolds won with an overall majority of 60 per cent.
- The age of majority
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