Definition of Outnumber

1. Verb. Be larger in number.

Generic synonyms: Add Up, Amount, Come, Number, Total

Definition of Outnumber

1. v. t. To exceed in number.

Definition of Outnumber

1. Verb. to be more numerous than ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outnumber

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outnumber

outname
outnamed
outnames
outnaming
outnesses
outnice
outnight
outnights
outnim
outnoise
outnoised
outnoises
outnoising
outnome
outnumber (current term)
outnumbered
outnumbering
outnumbers
outoffice
outoffices
outorganize
outorganized
outorganizes
outorganizing
outpace
outpaced
outpaces
outpacing
outpaint

Literary usage of Outnumber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"THE two deep-meaning Expressions—Forgotten but on the Return—Livy and Neander—Outworkings of the Law of Solon —Politically Organized Workmen outnumber the ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"... and the same is true of the Channel Islands, their population being 147.870, compared with 141260 in 1881. outnumber the Catholics by 100000, ..."

3. A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1918)
"But Hindus greatly outnumber Mohammedans; Parsees are strong; Christians are active, but still comparatively few. In thought and customs, Bombay is still ..."

4. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of by Ellery Bicknell Crane (1907)
"The records, however, show the descendants of Richard outnumber his, probably on account of the fact that the former had but two sons, while Richard had ..."

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