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Minority
minority
(minorities) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you talk about a minority of people or things in a larger group, you are referring to a number of them that forms less than half of the larger group, usually much less than half. Local authority nursery provision covers only a tiny minority of working mothers... ...minority shareholders. ? majority N-SING: oft N of n • If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group. Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority... In the past conservatives have been in the minority. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 2. A minority is a group of people of the same race, culture, or religion who live in a place where most of the people around them are of a different race, culture, or religion. ...the region’s ethnic minorities... N-COUNT
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noun (plural -ties) Usage: often attributive Date: 15th century 1. a. the period before attainment of majority b. the state of being a legal minor 2. the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole; specifically a group having less than the number of votes necessary for control 3. a. a part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment b. a member of a ~ group an effort to hire more minorities ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 (often foll. by of) a smaller number or part, esp. within a political party or structure. 2 the number of votes cast for this (a minority of two). 3 the state of having less than half the votes or of being supported by less than half of the body of opinion (in the minority). 4 a relatively small group of people differing from others in the society of which they are a part in race, religion, language, political persuasion, etc. 5 (attrib.) relating to or done by the minority (minority interests). 6 a the state of being under full legal age. b the period of this. Etymology: F minorit{eacute} or med.L minoritas f. L minor: see MINOR ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. 1) общ. меньшинство, меньшая часть 2) соц. меньшинство (социальная группа, отличная от большинства населения по какому-л. признаку, как правило по признаку национальности, расы и др.) discrimination against ethnic minorities — дискриминация этнических меньшинств See: discrimination 3) юр. несовершеннолетие (правовой статус человека, не достигшего официально установленного возраста совершеннолетия) Syn: nonage MINORITY сущ. меньшинство - minority interest ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. меньшинство; меньшая часть minority government —- правительство меньшинства minority group —- меньшинство to be in a (the) minority —- быть в меньшинстве they lost by a minority of one —- они получили на один голос меньше criket is a minority interest in the US —- крикетом в Соединенных Штатах интересуются немногие they disagreed with the main report, so they produced a minority report —- они были не согласны с основным решением и написали свое особое мнение (заявление меньшинства) 2. обыкн. pl. национальное меньшинство 3. несовершеннолетие during his minority —- пока он не достигнет совершеннолетия ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) меньшинство; меньшее число; меньшая часть 2) несовершеннолетие minority report - особое мнение или заявление меньшинства ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 a small group of people or things within a much larger group (Gaelic is still spoken in Ireland by a tiny minority.) + of (It's only in a minority of cases that the illness is fatal.) (also + plural v BrE) (Only a minority support these new laws.) 2 C usually plural a) a group of people in a country who are different from the rest in race or religion (People from ethnic minorities often face prejudice and discrimination.) b) AmE someone who belongs to a group like this (hiring minorities and women) 3 be in the/a minority to form less than half of a larger group (Boys are very much in the minority at the dance class.) 4 be in a minority of one to be the only person in a group who has a particular opinion 5 law the period of time when someone is below the age at which they become legally responsible for their actions (- opposite majority) ~2 adj only before noun relating to people who form less than half of a larger group of people (a series of television programmes designed to appeal to minority interests | a minority language) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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