plurality
noun/plʊəˈræləti/
/plʊˈræləti/
(plural pluralities)
- [countable, usually singular] (formal) a large number
- a plurality of influences
- [countable, usually singular] (US English, politics) the number of votes given to one person, political party, etc. when this number is less than 50% but more than any other single person, etc. receives
- In order to be elected, a candidate needs only a plurality of the votes cast.
- [uncountable] (grammar) the state of being plural
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pluralite, from late Latin pluralitas, from Latin pluralis ‘relating to more than one’, from plus, plur- ‘more’.
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