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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, neuter, inanimate
often used word (#915)
often used word (#915)
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majority
Also: most people
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- Большинство́ разрабо́тчиков ненави́дят ста́дию отла́дки; куда интере́снее ба́ги писать, чем исправля́ть. Most developers hate debugging; it's more fun to create bugs than to correct them.
- Некоторые иду́т шко́льными гру́ппами, но большинство́ идет в гру́ппах из двух или трех. Some go in groups organized by their schools, but most go in twos and threes.
- Большинство́ программи́стов ненави́дят отла́дку: де́лать оши́бки гораздо веселе́е, чем отла́живать их. Most programmers hate debugging; causing errors is much more fun than debugging them.
- Большинство́ люде́й не признают свои́х оши́бок. Most people will refuse to admit they've made a mistake.
- Прави́тельство доби́лось большинства́ на про́шлых вы́борах. The government got their majority at the last election.
- Большинство́ пассажи́ров на бо́рту бы́ли япо́нцами. Most of the passengers on board were Japanese.
- Большинство́ жи́телей дере́вни бы́ли против э́того пла́на. Most people in the village objected to the plan.
- В большинстве́ слу́чаев мы бы́ли вы́нуждены уступи́ть их тре́бованиям. In most cases we had to give in to their demands.
- Мне нра́вится wxWidgets, потому что, в отли́чие от большинства́ библиоте́к, в ней фу́нкция называ́ется Centre(), а не Center(). I like wxWidgets because, unlike most other toolkits, it has a function named Centre(), not Center().
- Большинство́ люде́й ду́мает, что я сумасше́дший. Most people think I'm crazy.
Declension
This noun exists in singular form only
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | большинство́ | - |
| gen. genitive | большинства́ | - |
| dat. dative | большинству́ | - |
| acc. accusative | большинство́ | - |
| inst. instrumental | большинство́м | - |
| prep. prepositional | большинстве́ | - |
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