constitute a majority

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• constitute — UK US /ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/ verb [T] ► to be the parts that form something: »Economy travellers constitute about 80% of the airline s business. ► to be something, or to be considered as something: »Giving feedback on individual salespersons always… …   Financial and business terms

• constitute — 01. In an election 51% of the vote [constitutes] a majority. 02. It is sometimes difficult to decide what [constitutes] abuse when discussing the discipline of children. 03. The native American population [constitutes] a small but important part… …   Grammatical examples in English

• majority — noun 1 most ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge, large, overwhelming, significant, sizeable, solid, strong, substantial …   Collocations dictionary

• constitute — verb Constitute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑achievement, ↑breach, ↑category, ↑challenge, ↑class, ↑discrimination, ↑element, ↑emergency, ↑endorsement, ↑failure, ↑group, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• silent majority — 1. the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon s policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority. 2. any group of people who are not outspoken and who are considered to constitute… …   Universalium

• silent majority — 1. the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon s policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority. 2. any group of people who are not outspoken and who are considered to constitute… …   Useful english dictionary

• Minority-majority state — US states and districts in which non Hispanic whites are a minority. Majority minority (alternatively, minority majority) is a term used to describe a U.S. state or other jurisdiction whose racial composition is less than 50% white. White in this …   Wikipedia

• Simple majority voting — is a form of voting where, given two options, the option receiving more votes than the other wins. This contrasts with absolute majority voting, where the winner is the option which gets more than half of all possible votes, including abstentions …   Wikipedia

• qualified majority voting — (QMV)    QMV is now the most commonly used method of voting in the Council of Ministers of the European Union. It allows for decisions to be taken on a majority basis. Large member states have more votes than small ones and specified numbers of… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• be in the majority — belong to or constitute the larger group or number publishing houses where women are in the majority …   Useful english dictionary

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium