Dictionary Entry
plurality
plurality is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
See Plurality of benefices, below.
- 4noun
(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)
- 5noun
a large indefinite number
"a battalion of ants"
"a multitude of TV antennas"
- 6noun
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"
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