Usually means: Multiple instances of something coexisting.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word pluralities:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. pluralities: Merriam-Webster
  2. pluralities: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pluralities: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pluralities: Vocabulary.com
  5. Pluralities, pluralities: Wordnik
  6. pluralities: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. pluralities: Wiktionary
  8. pluralities: Dictionary.com
  9. pluralities: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. pluralities: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. pluralities: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pluralities: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pluralities: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. pluralities: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pluralities: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plurality)

noun:  (uncountable) The state of being plural.
noun:  (ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices.
noun:  (countable) A state of being numerous.
noun:  (countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.
noun:  (countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.
noun:  (countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.
noun:  (countable) A group of many entities: a large number.
noun:  (countable) A group composed of more than one entity.
noun:  (of spouses) Polygamy.
noun:  (psychology) Synonym of multiplicity (“the condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body”).
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