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Definitions for outnumber
ˌaʊtˈnʌm bərout·num·ber

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. outnumberverb

    be larger in number

Wiktionary

  1. outnumberverb

    to be more numerous than

    Women outnumbered men by two to one.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Outnumberverb

    To exceed in number.

    Etymology: out and number.

    The ladies came in so great a body to the opera, that they outnumbered the enemy. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

ChatGPT

  1. outnumber

    Outnumber refers to being greater in number than someone or something. It indicates having more individuals or units in a group or category than another group or category.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Outnumber

    owt-num′bėr, v.t. to exceed in number.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. outnumber

    To exceed in number; as, the French were outnumbered.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of outnumber in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of outnumber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of outnumber in a Sentence

  1. Ghida Dagher:

    Through our new report, the State of Representation 2022, we discovered that while state legislatures are still overwhelmingly pale, stale, and male, the composition of these elected bodies is rapidly changing, since 2020, Latina and Black women legislators have made significant gains in representation and now outnumber their male colleagues.

  2. Arnold Schuler:

    We have areas where the number of tourist beds outnumber inhabitants by a lot.

  3. Chris Kukk:

    Unaffiliated voters outnumber Republican and Democratic voters in Connecticut, and those are the voters that swing elections in a year when Trump is very unpopular and Malloy is very unpopular.

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