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plurality

noun
🔊/plʊəˈræləti/
🔊/plʊˈræləti/
(plural pluralities)
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  1. [countable, usually singular] (formal) a large number众多；大量
    • a plurality of influences众多的影响
  2. [countable, usually singular] (US English, politics政治) 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（未超过半数的）相对较多
    • In order to be elected, a candidate needs only a plurality of the votes cast.候选人只需要得到相对多数票就能当选。🔊🔊
    compare majority (3)
  3. [uncountable] (grammar语法) the state of being plural复数
    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’.