"outnumber" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /aʊtˈnʌmbə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outnumber.wav [Southern-England] Forms: outnumbers [present, singular, third-person], outnumbering [participle, present], outnumbered [participle, past], outnumbered [past]
Etymology: out- + number Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|number}} out- + number Head templates: {{en-verb}} outnumber (third-person singular simple present outnumbers, present participle outnumbering, simple past and past participle outnumbered)
  1. (transitive, stative) to be more in number than somebody or something. Tags: stative, transitive Translations (be more in number): превъзхождам числено (prevǎzhoždam čisleno) (Bulgarian), přečíslit (Czech), in de meerderheid zijn (Dutch), in der Überzahl/Mehrzahl sein (German), zahlenmäßig überlegen sein (German), but see liczny (Polish), przewaga liczebna [feminine] (Polish), exceder em número [literally] (Portuguese), disparidade (Portuguese), превосходи́ть численно (prevosxodítʹ čislenno) (Russian), превосходи́ть численностью (prevosxodítʹ čislennostʹju) (Russian), превосходи́ть количеством (prevosxodítʹ količestvom) (Russian), численно превыша́ть (čislenno prevyšátʹ) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "prevǎzhoždam čisleno",
          "sense": "be more in number",
          "word": "превъзхождам числено"
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          "sense": "be more in number",
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          "sense": "be more in number",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "be more in number",
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          "sense": "be more in number",
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          "word": "exceder em número"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "превъзхождам числено"
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      "sense": "be more in number",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "be more in number",
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      "note": "olla enemmän kuin (subject in the partitive plural, object after kuin)",
      "sense": "be more in number"
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      "sense": "be more in number"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "in der Überzahl/Mehrzahl sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "zahlenmäßig überlegen sein"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
      "sense": "be more in number"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "be more in number",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "be more in number",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "przewaga liczebna"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be more in number",
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      "word": "exceder em número"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "disparidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxodítʹ čislenno",
      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "превосходи́ть численно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxodítʹ čislennostʹju",
      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "превосходи́ть численностью"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevosxodítʹ količestvom",
      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "превосходи́ть количеством"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čislenno prevyšátʹ",
      "sense": "be more in number",
      "word": "численно превыша́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outnumber"
}

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