āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
plurality
/plÉËÉšËÃĻlÉĒti/
Plurality
01
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ, āĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻž
(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)
02
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯
a large number of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The plurality of stars in the night sky has always fascinated astronomers.
āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻžāĻļā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨, āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯
the state or condition of being more than one
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His book addresses the plurality of cultural identities within a society.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
plurality
plural
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
