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Definition: MAJORITIES |
MAJORITIESPlural1. Of Majority |
Date "MAJORITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
| Synonyms by domain: absolute majority (business, law), controlling interest (economics, law), double majority (european union), legal age of marriage (law), majority ballot, majority carrier (electrical engineering), majority choice (computing), majority control (finance, law), majority element (computing, meteorology & standards), majority gate, majority group (business, economics), majority holding (economics, law), majority interest (public administrationeconomics, law), majority ownership (finance, law), majority participation (public administration), majority poll (law), majority principle (european union, law), majority rule, majority shareholding (economics, law), marriage majority (law), relative majority (law, politics & international affairesbusiness, law), simple majority (public administration, european unionlaw, politics & international affaires), special majority (law), working majority (politics & international affaires). |
| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Jefferson | Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | All this means that the people of any country have the right, and should have the power by constitutional action, by free unfettered elections, with secret ballot, to choose or change the character or form of government under which they dwell; that freedom of speech and thought should reign; that courts of justice, independent of the executive, unbiased by any party, should administer laws which have received the broad assent of large majorities or are consecrated by time and custom. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Triumph of the commonplace, grateful to majorities. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Majorities of the radars and airport equipment are financed through the cash transfer fund of the Ministry of International Cooperation. (references) | |
Economic History | Argentina | Peron's followers also commanded strong majorities in both houses of Congress. (references) |
Turkey | In 1965 and 1969, the Justice Party (JP), led by Suleyman Demirel, won sizable majorities of GNA seats and ruled alone. (references) | |
Spain | In a landslide victory, President Aznar and the PP won reelection in March 2000, obtaining absolute majorities in both houses of parliament. (references) | |
Political Economy | Denmark | As a minority Government, its new legislation is often based on changing majorities. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | The degree of respect for human rights continued to vary among areas with Bosniak, Bosnian Croat, and Bosnian Serb majorities. (references) | |
Gabon | Members of the PDG and allied parties hold large majorities of seats in both chambers of the national legislature comprised of the directly elected National Assembly and the Senate, members of which are chosen by municipal and regional government officials. (references) | |
Political Rights | Vanuatu | Parliamentary majorities have been unstable, with frequent votes of confidence. (references) |
Hong Kong | The ability of the legislature to influence policy is limited substantially by Basic Law provisions that require separate majorities among members elected from geographical and functional constituencies in order to pass a bill introduced by an individual member and that prohibit the Legislative Council from putting forward bills that affect public expenditure, political structure, or government operations. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | By the theory of our Government majorities rule, but this right is not an arbitrary or unlimited one. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | From questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "MAJORITIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MAJORITIES" is used about 181 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 181 | 22,953 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "MAJORITIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 多数人 (majority). (various references) | |
German | Mehrheiten (pluralities). (various references) | |
Korean | 대다수 (majority). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ajoritiesmay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "MAJORITIES": supermajorities. (additional references) | |
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"MAJORITIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: majorites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "MAJORITIES" (pronounced mujô"rutēz) |
| 6 | -ô" r u t ē z | authorities, minorities, priorities, sororities. |
| 5 | -r u t ē z | celebrities, charities, disparities, impurities, insecurities, irregularities, maturities, parities, peculiarities, rarities, securities, similarities, unfamiliarities, verities. |
| 4 | -u t ē z | abilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, animosities, annuities, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, availabilities, banalities, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, causalities, cavities, commodities, commonalities, communities, complexities, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, disabilities, disability, divinities, eccentricities, enmities, entities, equities, extremities, facilities, fatalities, festivities, fidelities, formalities, fraternities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, humanities, humanity, identities, illegalities, immunities, improprieties, indemnities, indignities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, instabilities, intensities, legalities, liabilities, liquidities, localities, modalities, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, personalities, pieties, possibilities, principalities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, qualities, quantities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, sensibilities, sensitivities, societies, technicalities, tonalities, universities, utilities, vanities, varieties, velocities, vulnerabilities. |
| 3 | -t ē z | amnesties, Antes, beauties, booties, bounties, casualties, certainties, christies, cities, committees, counties, cruelties, diabetes, difficulties, ditties, duties, dynasties, eighties, empties, entreaties, faculties, fatties, fifties, forties, frailties, lefties, liberties, loyalties, Montes, nineties, novelties, panties, parties, patties, penalties, pretties, properties, royalties, seventies, shanties, sixties, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, thirties, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, vigilantes, warranties, zlotys. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-j-m-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: airtimes, amortise, atomiser, jarosite, seriatim. | |
-3 letters: airiest, airtime, amities, amorist, amosite, atomies, atomise, erotism, imarets, maestri, maestro, miriest, misrate, mistier, moister, mortise, ramjets, rimiest, simitar, smartie, trisome. | |
-4 letters: aimers, airest, aorist, ariose, ariosi, aristo, armets, armies, imaret, isomer, jetsam, jetsom, jorams, majors, master, maters, matres, merits, metros, misate, miseat, mister, miters, mitier, mitres, moirai, moires, oaters, orates, ramets, ramies, ramjet, ramose, ratios, remits, rimose, riojas, samite, satire, satori, smiter, somite, sortie, stream, striae, stroma, tamers, terais, timers, tories, triose. | |
-5 letters: aimer, airts, amies, amirs, amort, arise, armet, arose, aster, astir, atoms, emirs, emits, iotas, irate, items, jatos, joist, joram, jotas, mairs, maist, major, mares, marse, marts, maser, mater, mates, meats, merit, metis, metro, mires, miser, miter, mites, mitis, mitre, moats, moira, moire, moist, morae, moras, mores, morse, morts, moste, motes, oater, omers, omits, orate, osier, ostia, raise, rajes, ramet, ramie, rates, ratio, ratos, reams, remit, retia, rimes, rioja, riots, rites, roams, roast, roset, rotas, rotes, rotis, satem, serai, simar, sitar, smart, smear, smite, smote, stair, stare, steam, stime, stoae, stoai, stoma, store, storm, stria, tajes, tamer, tames, tamis, tares, taros, tarsi, teams, tears, terai, terms, tiers, timer, times, tires, tiros, toeas, tomes, toras, tores, torii, torse, torsi, trams, tries, trims, trios, trois. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-j-m-o-r-s-t" | |
+5 letters: supermajorities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 41 4A 4F 52 49 54 49 45 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .--- --- .-. .. - .. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01000001 01001010 01001111 01010010 01001001 01010100 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M A J O R I T I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0041 004A 004F 0052 0049 0054 0049 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47354449524354433953 |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Familiar 3. Quotations: Historic 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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