Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - majority

~ n 1 most of the people or things in a particular group + of  (The majority of lone parents are divorced or separated women.) also + plural verb BrE  (Among trade union leaders, a majority still believe in public ownership. | the great/vast majority (=almost all of a group))  (In the vast majority of cases the disease proves fatal. | a majority decision (=a decision made by more people voting for it than against it)) 2 be in the majority to form the largest part of a group  (Young people were in the majority at the meeting.) 3 the difference between the number of votes gained by the winning party or person in an election and the number of votes gained by other parties or people  (Their majority in the House was reduced by . | overall majority (=a situation in which one party wins more votes in an election than all the other parties) | by/with a majority)  (He won by a majority of 500.) 4 law the age when someone legally becomes a responsible adult  (- opposite minority1)