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majority
Noun
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The biggest of several groups of people or things.
The majority vote will win.
The majority of my classmates are not married, but they are dating someone.
Most of the people in this city are white. The white majority outnumbers the black minority.
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More than half, also called a true majority.
A true majority of votes is needed to change the results of the last vote.
sample
Noun
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A sample is a small amount of something to try or test it.
The nurse took a small blood sample.
The data come from a study of a random sample of adult (aged 15 and over) deaths.
sample
Verb
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If you sample something, you try or test a small amount of it.
After sampling each of the wines, she bought the one she liked best.