English-Thai Dictionary

plurality

N ความ เป็น พหูพจน์  จำนวนมาก  ส่วนมาก  majority kwam-pen-pa-hu-pod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLURALITY

n.[L. pluralis.] 1. A number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as a plurality of gods; a plurality of worlds.
2. A state of being or having a greater number.
3. In elections, a plurality of votes is when one candidate has more votes than any other, but less than half of the whole number of votes given. It is thus distinguished from a majority, which is more than half of the whole number.
4. Plurality of benefices, is where the same clerk is possessed of more benefices than one, with cure of souls. In this case, each benefice thus held is called a plurality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLURALITY

Plu *ral "i *ty, n.; pl. pluralities. Etym: [L. pluralitas: cf. F.pluralité. ]

 

1. The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.

 

2. The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority. Take the plurality of the world, and they are neither wise nor good. L'Estrange.

 

3. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: See Plurality of benefices, below. Plurality of benefices (Eccl.), the possession by one clergyman of more than one benefice or living. Each benefice thus held is called a plurality. [Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

plurality

plu ral i ty |plo͝oˈralitē plʊˈrælədi | ▶noun ( pl. pluralities ) 1 the fact or state of being plural: some languages add an extra syllable to mark plurality. • [ in sing. ] a large number of people or things: a plurality of critical approaches. 2 the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority: his winning plurality came from creating a reform coalition. • the number by which this exceeds the number of votes cast for the candidate who placed second. 3 chiefly historical another term for pluralism ( sense 2 ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French pluralite, from late Latin pluralitas, from Latin pluralis ‘relating to more than one ’ (see plural ). usage: On the difference between plurality and majority, see usage at majority .

 

Oxford Dictionary

plurality

plur ¦al |ity |plʊəˈralɪti | ▶noun ( pl. pluralities ) 1 [ mass noun ] the fact or state of being plural: some languages add an extra syllable to mark plurality. • [ in sing. ] a large number of people or things: a plurality of critical approaches. 2 US the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority. • the number by which plurality exceeds the number of votes cast for the candidate placed second. 3 chiefly historical another term for pluralism ( sense 2 ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French pluralite, from late Latin pluralitas, from Latin pluralis ‘relating to more than one ’ (see plural ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

plurality

plurality noun 1 a plurality of theories: wide variety, diversity, range, lot, multitude, multiplicity, galaxy, wealth, profusion, abundance, host; informal load, stack, heap, mass. 2 in the plurality of cases: preponderance, bulk, largest number; majority.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

plurality

plurality noun a plurality of religious traditions: wide variety, large number, lot, diversity, range; multitude, multiplicity, galaxy, wealth, profusion, abundance, quantity, quantities, score, plethora, host; informal load, stack, heap, pile, mass, ton; Brit. informal shedload; N. Amer. informal slew; Austral. /NZ informal swag.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

plurality

plu ral i ty /plu (ə )rǽləti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U 複数 (性 ).2 C ｟かたく ｠多数, 大多数 ; 〖a ～ of A 〗多数のA .3 C ｟米 ｠最高得票数 ; (次点者との )得票差 (→majority ).4 U (教会の )兼職 ; C 兼職の仕事 .