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verb
- 1. be more numerous than: "women outnumbered men by three to one"
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OUTNUMBERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of outnumber 2. to be greater in number than someone or…. Learn more.
to be greater in number than someone or something: Girls outnumbered boys by a margin of 2 to 1. (Definition of outnumber from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of outnumber.
The meaning of OUTNUMBER is to exceed in number. How to use outnumber in a sentence.
verb. /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə (r)/ /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbər/ Verb Forms. outnumber somebody/something to be greater in number than somebody/something. The demonstrators were heavily outnumbered by the police. In this profession, women outnumber men by two to one (= there are twice as many women as men). Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
OUTNUMBER meaning: 1. to be greater in number than someone or something: 2. to be greater in number than someone or…. Learn more.
/aʊtˈnʌmbə/ IPA guide. Other forms: outnumbered; outnumbering; outnumbers. To outnumber is to have more of one thing than another. Sometimes it’s good, like when chocolate chips outnumber the raisins in the trail mix. Sometimes it’s bad, like when ants outnumber the people at a picnic.
Define outnumbered. outnumbered synonyms, outnumbered pronunciation, outnumbered translation, English dictionary definition of outnumbered. tr.v. out·num·bered , out·num·ber·ing , out·num·bers To exceed the number of; be more numerous than. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,...
What does the adjective outnumbered mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective outnumbered . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Outnumber definition: to exceed in number. . See examples of OUTNUMBER used in a sentence.
verb. If one group of people or things outnumbers another, the first group has more people or things in it than the second group. ...a town where men outnumber women four to one. [VERB noun] Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stone-walled fields. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
