No. 362 in Malay

kebanyakan

"Majority" or "too much/excessive," depending on context.

In a sentence

Kebanyakan orang di kampung ini bekerja sebagai petani.
Most people in this village work as farmers.
In this sentence, 'kebanyakan' is used to indicate majority, referring to the largest portion of a group.
Kebanyakan masa saya habiskan untuk belajar di perpustakaan.
Most of my time is spent studying in the library.
Here, 'kebanyakan' refers to the predominance of one activity over others in terms of quantity or time spent.
Kebanyakan peralatan sukan ini dimiliki oleh kelab kita.
Most of these sports equipment belong to our club.
In this instance, 'kebanyakan' specifies the larger subset of sports equipment being discussed as belonging to the club.

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