four-fifths
Most of something
Four-fifths is a fraction representing four parts out of five, equivalent to 0.8 or 80 percent.
It commonly appears in contexts describing proportions or majorities: Four-fifths of the committee voted in favor.
The term functions as both a noun and an adjective, as in a four-fifths majority.
Over half of total
- bulkMain mass or size
- lion's shareGreatest part of total
- preponderanceSuperiority in weight or number
- vast majorityMost of a group
supermajority · overwhelming · predominance · substantial · significant · most
Number being divided
- denominatorFraction's bottom number
- decimalTenths-based notation
- ratioComparative numerical relation
- percentageProportion out of hundred
proper fraction · equivalent fraction · irreducible · common fraction · simplify · reduce · division · proportion
Minimum for valid proceedings
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
- majority ruleDecisions by greater number
- constitutional amendmentFormal change to founding law
- veto overrideReversing an executive's block
ratification · cloture · parliamentary · passage · legislative · two-thirds
majority
Over half of total
- bulkMain mass or size
- lion's shareGreatest part of total
- preponderanceSuperiority in weight or number
vast majority · supermajority · overwhelming · predominance · substantial · significant · most
numerator
Number being divided
- denominatorFraction's bottom number
- decimalTenths-based notation
- ratioComparative numerical relation
percentage · proper fraction · equivalent fraction · irreducible · common fraction · simplify · reduce · division · proportion · mixed number
quorum
Minimum for valid proceedings
- supermajorityVote exceeding simple majority
- majority ruleDecisions by greater number
- constitutional amendmentFormal change to founding law
veto override · ratification · cloture · parliamentary · passage · legislative · two-thirds