outnumber
- to exceed in number.
Origin of outnumber
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Contemporary Examples of outnumbered
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Outnumbered five to one in Britain, Scots made up 60 percent of the merchants in Bengal, Calcutta and Madras.
“They are fighting on too many fronts and they are outnumbered,” one official said.
They were outnumbered now, but the Half-Breeds took no chances.
They know they will be outnumbered because there are simply fewer of them.
Historical Examples of outnumbered
The tree hyraxes, out-screeched and outnumbered, fell into silence or withdrew.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
Outnumbered twenty to one, they began to go down in the scrimmage.
The HarborErnest Poole
The Russians were outnumbered, but their position was favorable.
Up they went, and back fell the Castilians, outnumbered by at least ten to one.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
The villagers fought desperately, but they were outnumbered.
outnumber
- (tr) to exceed in number