Tra từ majority - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ma·jor·ity AW [majority majorities] BrE [məˈdʒɒrəti] NAmE [məˈdʒɔːrəti] NAmE [məˈdʒɑːrəti] noun (pl. ma·jor·ities)
1. singular + singular or plural verb ~ (of sb/sth) the largest part of a group of people or things
• The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio.
•The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking.
• This treatment is not available in the vast majority of hospitals.
•a majority decision (= one that is decided by what most people want)
•In the nursing profession, women are in a/the majority.
Opp: ↑minority
see also ↑moral majority, ↑silent majority
2. countable (BrE)the number of votes by which one political party wins an election; the number of votes by which one side in a discussion, etc. wins
•She was elected by/with a majority of 749.
•a clear (= large) majority
•~ (over sb) They had a large majority over their nearest rivals.
• The government does not have an overall majority (= more members than all the other parties added together).
•The resolution was carried by a huge majority.
see also ↑absolute majority
3. countable (NAmE)the difference between the number of votes given to the candidate who wins the election and the total number of votes of all the other candidates
see also ↑plurality
4. uncountable (law)the age at which you are legally considered to be an adult
•The age of majority in Britain was reduced from 21 to 18 in 1970.

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (denoting superiority): from French majorité, from medieval Latin majoritas, from Latin major, comparative of magnus ‘great’.

Collocations:
Voting in elections
Running for election
conduct/hold an election/a referendum
(especially NAmE) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
(especially BrE) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
hold/call/contest a general/national election
launch/run a presidential election campaign
support/back a candidate
sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
appeal to/attract/woo/target (NAmE) swing voters/(BrE) floating voters
fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
Voting
go to/be turned away from (especially BrE) a polling station/(NAmE) a polling place
cast a/your vote/ballot (for sb)
vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
mark/spoil your ballot paper
count (BrE) the postal votes/(especially NAmE) the absentee ballots
go to/be defeated at the ballot box
get/win/receive/lose votes
get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
elect/re-elect sb (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
Taking power
be sworn into office/in as president
take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
give/deliver (in the US) the president's inaugural address
take/enter/hold/leave office
appoint sb (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
form a government/a cabinet
serve two terms as prime minister/in office
more collocations at ↑economy, ↑politics

Example Bank:
•English speakers form the majority of the population.
•He has a decisive majority over his main rivals.
•He joined the majority in criticizing the government's reforms.
•If the Republicans want to build a majority, they need the north-east.
•In the general population, right-handed people are in the majority.
•In the vast majority of cases, customers get their money back.
•Latest opinion polls have a comfortable majority against the reform.
•Opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in favour of ratification of the treaty.
•Republicans increased their majority in both the House and the Senate.
•The French company holds a majority stake in the retail chain.
•The march was by the silent majority who oppose terrorism.
•They failed to win the requisite two-thirds majority.
•They won by a huge majority.
•To govern effectively, he will need a working majority in Congress.
•a majority in Parliament
•a majority in the Senate
•countries which have an English-speaking white majority
•the first Labour government with a clear working majority in the House