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Pol.1) RU chef du parti au pouvoir, qui devient automatiquement Premier Ministre2) [U] leader de la majorité [a la Chambre des Représentants ou au sénat]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > majority leader
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1 noun(a) (of a group) majorité f, plupart f;∎ the majority of people la plupart des gens;∎ in the majority of cases dans la plupart des cas;∎ the majority was or were in favour la majorité ou la plupart d'entre eux était pour;∎ the vast majority of the tourists were Japanese les touristes, dans leur très grande majorité, étaient des Japonais(b) (in voting, opinions) majorité f;∎ to be in a majority être majoritaire;∎ a two-thirds majority une majorité des deux tiers;∎ the proposition had an overwhelming majority la proposition a recueilli une écrasante majorité;∎ she was elected by a majority of 6 elle a été élue avec une majorité de 6 voix ou par 6 voix de majorité∎ to attain or reach one's majority atteindre sa majorité, devenir majeurmajoritaire►► majority decision décision f prise à la majorité;majority government gouvernement m majoritaire;majority holding, majority interest participation f majoritaire;American Politics majority leader leader m de la majorité (à la Chambre des représentants et au Sénat américains);majority party parti m majoritaire;majority rule gouvernement m à la majorité absolue, système m majoritaire;majority verdict verdict m majoritaire;majority world tiers-monde m -
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1. adjective( = total) total ; [effect, impression] d'ensemble ; [improvement] global ; [winner, leader, victory] (Sport) au classement général• this wine was the overall winner with our judges ce vin était champion toutes catégories auprès de notre jury2. adverb( = in general) dans l'ensemble• overall, it was disappointing dans l'ensemble, ce fut décevant3. plural noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque overall est un adjectif ou un nom, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈəʊvərɔ:l, lorsque c'est un adverbe, sur la dernière: ‚əʊvərˈɔ:l.* * *1. ['əʊvərɔːl] 2.overalls plural noun GB combinaison f; US salopette f3. [ˌəʊvər'ɔːl]adjective [cost] global; [improvement, increase, trend] général; [control, impression, effect] d'ensemble; [majority] absolu; [winner] au classement général4.1) ( in total) en tout2) ( in general) dans l'ensemble
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