outnumber

[out-nuhm-ber]

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verb (used with object)

to exceed in number.

Origin of outnumber

First recorded in 1660–70; out- + number

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Examples from the Web for outnumber

Contemporary Examples

They outnumber and may even outweigh all other forms of life.
Why Did It Take So Long For Complex Life To Evolve On Earth? Blame Oxygen.
Matthew R. Francis
November 2, 2014
So, Grey Worm arms the slaves of Meereen, who outnumber the citizens three-to-one.
Game of Thrones’ ‘Oathkeeper’: Joffrey’s Killer Revealed, White Walkers, and A New Jaime Lannister
Marlow Stern
April 28, 2014
The Egyptians outnumber the Palestinians by about 70 million potential voters.
Mohammed Assaf: From Underdog to Idol
Maysoon Zayid
June 25, 2013
In the House, new representatives mean that women and people of color will outnumber white men in the Democratic caucus.
ABC’s ‘Scandal’: Women in Washington, Political Power, and Holly Petraeus
Alyssa Rosenberg
November 14, 2012
A good deal of the money also goes to a spreading bureaucracy of administrators, who now outnumber teachers on American campuses.
Janitors With College Degrees and the Higher-Education Bubble
John Leo
July 18, 2012

Historical Examples

The British outnumber us considerably, I think, but just how much I do not know.
The Dare Boys of 1776
Stephen Angus Cox
They fight only at an advantage,—when they outnumber the whites.
Three Years on the Plains
Edmund B. Tuttle
And the views of Paris outnumber the others, and almost outvalue them also.
The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2)
Alphonse Daudet
Mr. Parker says that the lingams in Benares "outnumber the inhabitants."
Following the Equator, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Within a century, we will outnumber them—we will be the Normals, not they.
The Penal Cluster
Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)

British Dictionary definitions for outnumber

outnumber

verb

(tr) to exceed in number

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for outnumber

v.

"to number more than," 1660s, from out + number (v.). Related: Outnumbered; outnumbering.

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Examples from the Web for outnumber

Contemporary Examples

They outnumber and may even outweigh all other forms of life.

So, Grey Worm arms the slaves of Meereen, who outnumber the citizens three-to-one.

The Egyptians outnumber the Palestinians by about 70 million potential voters.

In the House, new representatives mean that women and people of color will outnumber white men in the Democratic caucus.

A good deal of the money also goes to a spreading bureaucracy of administrators, who now outnumber teachers on American campuses.

Historical Examples

The British outnumber us considerably, I think, but just how much I do not know.

They fight only at an advantage,—when they outnumber the whites.

And the views of Paris outnumber the others, and almost outvalue them also.

Mr. Parker says that the lingams in Benares "outnumber the inhabitants."

Within a century, we will outnumber them—we will be the Normals, not they.

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Word Origin and History for outnumber

v.

Origin of outnumber