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majority noun

  /məˈd͡ʒɑɹɪti/ , /məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/ , /məˈd͡ʒɔɹɪti/
  • More than half (50%) of some group.
  • In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate.
 maggioranza
maggiore età

major adjective

  /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • Of full legal age, having attained majority.
  • (education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
  • (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
  • Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
  • Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)
 maggiore
  • Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
 importante, notevole, principale, significativo
  • Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
 considerevole, cospicuo, grande

major noun

  /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • (military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
 maggiore
  • A person of legal age.
 maggiorenne
  • (education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
 corso di laurea, laurea

majorant noun

  /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.ənt/
  • (mathematics) A function, or an element of a set, that dominates others or is greater than all others.
 maggiorante
absolute majority
maggioranza assoluta
age of majority
età maggiore
sexual majority
età del consenso
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