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mə'‹o-1) (the greater number: the majority of people.) flertall, de fleste2) (the difference between a greater and a smaller number: The Democratic Party won by/with a majority of six hundred votes.) flertallsubst. \/məˈdʒɒrətɪ\/1) majoritet, flertall2) myndig alder, myndighetsalder3) majorgrad, majors rangattain\/reach one's majority bli myndigbe in the majority være i majoritetby a majority of ten (votes) med ti stemmers overvektgain a majority komme i majoritet, være i flertalljoin the great majority ( hverdagslig) gjenforenes med sine (for)fedre, slutte seg til sine fedreobtain one's majority få majors rang, bli majorordinary majority simpelt flertallthe silent majority det tause flertalla thin majority en knapp majoritet -
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vəut 1. noun((the right to show) one's wish or opinion, eg in a ballot or by raising a hand etc, especially at an election or in a debate: In Britain, the vote was given to women over twenty-one in 1928; Nowadays everyone over eighteen has a vote; A vote was taken to decide the matter.) stemmerett/-avgiving2. verb1) (to cast or record one's vote: She voted for the Conservative candidate; I always vote Labour; I shall vote against the restoration of capital punishment.) stemme, avgi stemme2) (to allow, by a vote, the provision of (something) eg to someone, for a purpose etc: They were voted $5,000 to help them in their research.) bevilge•- voter- vote of confidence
- vote of thanksvotereIsubst. \/vəʊt\/1) ( ved votering e.l.) stemme, stemmeseddel2) stemmer, antall stemmer, også velgere3) stemmerett4) avstemning, votering, også valg5) beslutning (etter avstemning)• was the vote for or against the resolution?6) votum7) bevilgning(er)• a vote of £500,000 for a new building was passeddet ble bevilget £500 000 til en ny bygningby... votes med... stemmercast a vote avgi stemme, stemme, voterecome to the vote eller come to a vote tas opp til votering, stemmes over gå til voteringthe floating vote de usikre velgerne\/stemmene, marginalvelgernefree vote forklaring: tverrpolitisk votering (dvs. ikke partibundet \/ representantene er fristilt)give one's vote to eller give one's vote for stemme for, stemme på, gi sin stemme tilgo to the vote stemme, gå til votering, gå til avstemninghave a seat and vote ha plass og stemmerett, ha sete og stemmemajority of votes stemmeovervekt, majoriteton a vote eller on a vote being taken ved (en) voteringpass a vote vedta en beslutning etter voteringpopular vote folkeavstemningput something to the vote ta noe opp til votering, ta noe opp til avstemning, avgjøre noe ved valgright of vote eller vote stemmerett, valgretttake a vote foreta avstemning, holde avstemningvotes cast avgitte stemmer(by)... votes to\/against... (med)... mot... stemmerIIverb \/vəʊt\/1) stemme, votere2) vedta3) bevilge4) ( hverdagslig) utnevne, velge til, velge som5) ( hverdagslig) erklære for, anse som, være enige om6) ( hverdagslig) foreslå, stemme forqualified to vote stemmeberettigetvote against stemme imotvote down stemme nedvote for stemme forvote in(to) velge innvote on something stemme over noevote out votere bort, ikke velge på nyttvote something through få vedtatt noe, vedta noevote with a party stemme på et partivote with one's feet vise gjennom handling hva man synes om en ting (i stedet for å stemme på vanlig måte) -
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ɡreit1) (of a better quality than average; important: a great writer; Churchill was a great man.) stor, fremragende2) (very large, larger etc than average: a great crowd of people at the football match.) stor, svær3) (of a high degree: Take great care of that book.) svært god4) (very pleasant: We had a great time at the party.) storartet5) (clever and expert: John's great at football.) kjempegod/-flink•- greatly- greatnessbegjærlig--------betydelig--------flott--------ivrig--------nidkjær--------stor--------sværtIsubst. \/ɡreɪt\/bare i uttrykkgreat and small store og små, høy og lavthe great(s) de store, storhetene, essenede rike og fornemme, de mektigeIIadj. \/ɡreɪt\/1) stor2) stor (og imponerende)3) stor, viktig, betydningsfull, vesentlig, hoved-4) stor, berømt, fremstående, fremragende, eminent, ledende, dyktig5) dyp, sterk, mektig, stor6) fornem, fin7) ( om tid) lang8) stor(-), skikkelig, ivrig, flittig9) herlig, flott, storartet, fantastisk, vidunderlig• that's great!(be) a great one for (være) entusiastisk opptatt av, -entusiastgreat at svær til, god til, flink tilgreat big veldig stor(a) great deal en hel del, temmelig mye(a) great many eller (a) great number en hel del, mangegreat on svært opptatt avIIIadv. \/ɡreɪt\/( hverdagslig) utmerket, godt, veldig bra
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