1 [count] formal : a usually large number of things — usually singular — usually + of ▪ The researchers studied a plurality of approaches. 2 [count] chiefly US, technical : a number of votes that is more than the number of votes for any other candidate or party but that is not more than half of the total number of votes — usually singular ▪ Her party won by receiving a plurality of the vote. ▪ He was elected with a plurality, not a majority. — compare majority 3 [noncount] grammar : the state of being plural
▪ The verb “are” indicates the plurality of the subject. [=the verb “are” shows that the subject is plural]
▪ The verb “are” indicates the plurality of the subject. [=the verb “are” shows that the subject is plural]





