ADJ
- big, great, huge, overwhelming, substantial, vast
- silent
- The march was by the silent majority who oppose terrorism
VERB + MAJORITY
- comprise, constitute, form, make up
- English speakers form the majority of the population
MAJORITY + NOUN
- culture, group, population
- opinion, view
- shareholder
- stake
- The French company holds a majority stake in the retail chain
PREP
- in the ~
- In the general population, right-handed people are in the majority
PHRASES
- in the majority of cases
- In the vast majority of cases, customers get their money back
ADJ
- handsome, huge, large, massive, overwhelming, substantial
- clear, comfortable, decisive
- bare, narrow, slender, slight, slim, small, tiny, wafer-thin
- ten-seat, three-to-one, two-thirds, etc.
- absolute, outright, overall
- Although they are the biggest single party, they don't have an outright majority
- simple
- decreased, increased
- working
- the first Labour government with a clear working majority in the House
- parliamentary
- government
- Conservative, Labour, etc.
- necessary, requisite
VERB + MAJORITY
- command, have
- achieve, gain, get, secure, win
- They failed to win the requisite two-thirds majority
- defend, maintain, retain
- lose
- overturn
- indicate, show
MAJORITY + NOUN
- government, rule
- party
- decision
- vote, voting
- support
PREP
- by a ~
- They won by a huge majority
- ~ against
- Latest opinion polls have a comfortable majority against the reform
- ~ in
- a majority in Parliament
- ~ in favour of
- Opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in favour of ratification of the treaty
- ~ over
- He has a decisive majority over his main rivals