how to pronounce majority

/mədˈʒɔːɹətiː/

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the above transcription of majority is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

majority is pronounced in four syllables

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ɔː

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iː

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An example use of majority in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but others a majority actually are …”

meaning of majority

Majority means the greater number of people or things.

majority frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word majority occurs in english on average 55.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics majority can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that majority can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;