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Definition of pluralities in English Turkish dictionary
- plurality
- çoğulluk
- plurality
- çoğunluk
- plurality
- çokluk
- plurality
- adaylar arasında en fazla oy alma
- plurality
- {i} birden fazla makamı olma (din)
- plurality
- bir seçimi kazanan kimsenin ikinci gelen şahıstan fazla olarak aldığl oy sayısı
- plurality
- {i} seçimi kazanan kimsenin ikinci gelen kişiden fazla olarak aldığı oy sayısı
- plurality
- {i} ekseriyet
- plurality
- birden fazla makamı olma
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Definition of pluralities in English English dictionary
- plural of plurality
- plurality
- A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast
To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required.
- plurality
- A group composed of more than one entity
The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.
- plurality
- A state of being numerous
- plurality
- A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes
Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500; . Truman won by a plurality of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast.
- plurality
- A group of many entities: a large number
A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.
- plurality
- polygamy
- plurality
- The holding of multiple benefices
- plurality
- a majority
- plurality
- {n} a number more than one, more cures of fouls than one, a number greater than any other, but less than half
- plurality
- the state of being plural; "to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable"
- plurality
- The claims of a patent application must relate to just one invention or to a number of inventions which all share the same inventive concept If an application has claims which relate to more than one invention or inventive concept, there is "plurality of invention" and the claims must be altered by amendment to remove the plurality before a patent can be granted
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- A plurality of votes is a total vote received by a candidate greater than that received by any opponent but less than a 50 percent majority of the vote In other words, if one candidate receives 30 percent of the vote, another candidate receives 30 percent of the vote, and a third candidate receives 40 percent, that third candidate has a plurality of the votes, and wins the election Abraham Lincoln and Bill Clinton are examples of presidents who received a majority of the electoral vote, but only a plurality of the popular vote in a competitive three-way election contest
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- Plurality means a simple majority In addition it means more votes than any other candidate but not necessarily an absolute majority
- plurality
- In elections with more than two candidates, the one who receives the largest number, but less than 50% of the votes cast, has a plurality but not a majority. In other words, if the other two, losing, candidates -- together -- have more votes than the winning candidate
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- If a candidate, political party, or idea has the support of a plurality of people, they have more support than any other candidate, party, or idea. The Conservative party retained a plurality of the votes
- plurality
- = majority
- plurality
- The state of being plural
- plurality
- when a person wins an election by having the most votes, as opposed to a majority where a person gets more than half of the votes
- plurality
- If there is a plurality of things, a number of them exist. Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers
- plurality
- A plurality in an election is the number of votes that the winner gets, when this is less than the total number of votes for all the other candidates. He only got a plurality on November 3rd, just 49 percent
- plurality
- 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
- plurality
- (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)
- plurality
- - The person, or persons with the most votes win
- plurality
- A plurality in an election is the difference in the number of votes between the candidate who gets the most votes and the candidate who comes second. Franklin had won with a plurality in electoral votes of 449 to
- plurality
- The number of votes in an election that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate If candidate A gets 65 votes, B gets 40, and C gets 35, then A has a plurality of 25 and wins the election Note that, in this case, no candidate has a majority of votes
- plurality
- Many
- plurality
- See Plurality of benefices, below
- plurality
- 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
- plurality
- a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
- plurality
- {i} numerousness, variability; majority of voices in a vote
- plurality
- When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority
- plurality
- plurality of spouses, polygamy
- plurality
- In a religious sense: A situation in which many different religions or world views exist in a country
- plurality
- pluriformity