outnumber
verb /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə(r)/
/ˌaʊtˈnʌmbər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they outnumber | /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə(r)/ /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbər/ |
| he / she / it outnumbers | /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbəz/ /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbərz/ |
| past simple outnumbered | /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbəd/ /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbərd/ |
| past participle outnumbered | /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbəd/ /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbərd/ |
| -ing form outnumbering | /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbərɪŋ/ /ˌaʊtˈnʌmbərɪŋ/ |
- 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).
Extra Examples- The Spanish were hopelessly outnumbered in the battle.
- Their failures vastly outnumber their successes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- far
- greatly
- …
- by
- be hopelessly outnumbered