Majority /(?)/

Ma·jor·i·ty

Majority

n.

pl. Majorities

  1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
  2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
  3. Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
  4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.

Phrases & Compounds

To go over to the majority
to die.