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1 majority
adj. van de meerderheid--------n. meerderheid; met de meeste stemmen; meeste; rang van majoor[ mədzjorrətie] 〈voornamelijk enkelvoud; meervoud: majorities〉♦voorbeelden: -
2 majority verdict
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3 majority of votes
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4 majority opinion
opinie van de meerderheid (standpunt van de meerderheid; standpunt van meeste rechters) -
5 majority rules
de meerderheid beslist (de beslissing van de meerderheid) -
6 majority vote
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7 majority carrier
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8 majority element
meerderheidselement -
9 a clear majority
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10 a narrow majority
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11 absolute majority
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12 attain/reach one's majority
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13 in the majority
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14 moral majority
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15 overwhelming majority
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16 simple majority of votes
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17 the government has lost its majority
English-Dutch dictionary > the government has lost its majority
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18 the majority of people
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19 the resolution was voted by a large majority
English-Dutch dictionary > the resolution was voted by a large majority
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20 the silent majority
n. de stille meerderheid (de meerderheid wiens stem nooit gehoord wordt)
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majority — We are concerned here with three related uses, two of them relatively straightforward and one that gives rise to a difficulty: 1. majority = ‘a superiority in numbers’, especially in political contexts, ‘the amount by which a winning vote exceeds … Modern English usage
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majority — majority, plurality are arbitrarily defined in the United States, especially by statute, when they refer to an excess of votes as determining an election. Both imply an excess of votes over the next highest candidate. The distinction between the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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majority — [mə jôr′ə tē, məjär′ə tē] n. pl. majorities [Fr majorité < ML majoritas < L major: see MAJOR] 1. [also with pl. v.] the greater part or larger number; more than half of a total ☆ 2. the number by which the votes cast for the candidate, bill … English World dictionary
Majority — This article is about the mathematical concept of majority. For other uses, see Majority (disambiguation). A majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset… … Wikipedia
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