How do you use the word "majority" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "majority" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "majority": A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority. The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority.

Majority Meaning

/məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounMore than half (50%) of some group.

nounIn 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.

Sentence Examples

A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.

The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority.

The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

bulk

Antonyms:

minority

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ of the students in the class voted for the new teacher.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A large ____ of the students voted in favor of the new policy, indicating their strong support for it.

Word Origin & History

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice." — 1803, Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution:

"But in 1912 the American people gave the Democrats another opportunity, and under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson we swept the country from sea to sea. At the end of that historic contest we had the Presidency, the Senate by a working majority, and the House by an overwhelming majority." — 1920, Champ Clark, Democratic Achievement:

"They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwest said in a statement." — 2022 December 30, Gregory Wallace, “Insiders at Southwest reveal how the airline’s service imploded”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024:

"Now, there is talk of Democrats potentially being locked out of a Senate majority for a time to come because of trends in the electorate. […] This shouldn’t be surprising. As political analyst Sean Trende posited in the book “The Lost Majority,” history is filled with examples of majorities falling apart and the parties coming in and out of power." — 2021 October 17, Harry Enten, “Why neither party has a sustainable political majority”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2022:

"He was a captain before he went to the front, and following the Argonne battles he got his majority and the command of the divisional machine-guns." — 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 8, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150:

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