PLURALITY
\plʊ͡əɹˈalɪti], \plʊəɹˈalɪti], \p_l_ʊə_ɹ_ˈa_l_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of PLURALITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)
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a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
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the state of being plural; "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable"
By Princeton University
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(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The majority; the greatest of three or more numbers; in politics, the excess of votes over those for any other candidate for an office.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The state of being plural.
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The state of being plural: a number consisting of more than one: the majority.
By Daniel Lyons
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The state of being plural.
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The larger portion or greater number.
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Polit. The greatest of more than two numbers when less than a majority; also, the excess of one such number over the next highest number.
By James Champlin Fernald
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State of being many; that which is greater than any other, of several numbers, but less than half the aggregate.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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