- overall majority
- noun (C)
1 more votes than all the other political parties together2 BrE the difference between this number of votes and the total votes gained by all the other parties
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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overall majority — overall ma jority n BrE 1.) more votes than all the other political parties together ▪ The Conservatives had a huge overall majority in the House of Commons. 2.) the difference between the number of votes gained by the winning party and the total … Dictionary of contemporary English
overall majority — overall majorities N COUNT: usu sing If a political party wins an overall majority in an election or vote, they get more votes than the total number of votes or seats won by all their opponents … English dictionary
overall majority — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms overall majority : singular overall majority plural overall majorities 1) more votes won in an election than all the other political parties added together No single party enjoys an overall… … English dictionary
overall majority — overall ma jority noun count usually singular 1. ) more votes won in an election than all the other political parties added together 2. ) the number of extra votes won by a political party that make it able to form a government … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
overall majority — … Useful english dictionary
overall — 1. pronunciation. When the word is a noun (singular overall or plural overalls) the stress is on the first syllable; when an adjective it normally falls on the first syllable and when an adverb on the third, but the stress is variable in context … Modern English usage
Overall (disambiguation) — Overall may be used in the following circumstances Overall (garment) Overall (surname) comprehensive, all embracing Overall length Length overall, where overall is sometimes abbreviated as o/a, o.a. or oa Overall pressure ratio for the term… … Wikipedia
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
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
majority */*/*/ — UK [məˈdʒɒrətɪ] / US [məˈdʒɔrətɪ] noun Word forms majority : singular majority plural majorities 1) a) [singular] most of the people or things in a group: can be followed by a singular or plural verb His job is to represent the views of the… … English dictionary
