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    plurality

    noun
    noun
    BrE BrE//plʊəˈræləti//
    ; NAmE NAmE//plʊˈræləti//
    (pl. pluralities)
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  1. 1[countable, usually singular] (formal) a large number a plurality of influences
  2. 2[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. compare majority
  3. 3[uncountable] (grammar) the state of being plural
    4.  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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