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- DictionaryOut·num·ber/ˌoutˈnəmbər/
verb
- 1. be more numerous than: "women outnumbered men by three to one"
OUTNUMBERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of outnumber 2. to be greater in number than someone or…. Learn more.
The meaning of OUTNUMBER is to exceed in number. How to use outnumber in a sentence.
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.
verb [ T ] uk / ˌaʊtˈnʌm.bə r/ us / ˌaʊtˈnʌm.bɚ /. C1. to be greater in number than someone or something: In our office the women outnumber the men three to one. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Surpassing in quality or number. catch (someone) up. compare.
outnumber. 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).
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.
Outnumber definition: to exceed in number. . See examples of OUTNUMBER used in a sentence.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of outnumber. Wiktionary. Outnumbered Sentence Examples. Male factory hands greatly outnumbered female, standing in the ratio of four to one. The Americans, outnumbered three to one, defeated.
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.
