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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
outnumber
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
by
▪ The unit fears any unit of Elves it does not outnumber by at least two to one.
▪ Porter was outnumbered by some 20, 000 men.
far
▪ In sheer bulk of biomass, organisms without brains or even without central nervous systems far outnumber those possessing these desirable features.
▪ Throughout most of human history, the dead far outnumbered the living.
▪ After all, the dead far outnumber the living!
▪ But those in need of organs or tissue far outnumber donors, according to Karahalios.
▪ The table below shows that private and semi-official schools far outnumber state-run schools at secondary level.
▪ The failures, however, far outnumber them.
▪ And the tally of crown successes over its opponents far outnumbers its few failures.
▪ Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.
greatly
▪ They were greatly outnumbered and there was definitely something unnatural about the striding men.
▪ For starters, those ignoring it greatly outnumber those embracing it.
▪ The change of policy hit women especially hard since they had greatly outnumbered men as recipients of out-door relief.
▪ Beatty sighted Scheer's fleet shortly before 16.40 and, being greatly outnumbered, turned north to join Jellicoe.
▪ The indifferent continue to greatly outnumber the inspired when it comes to decentralized management in that important segment of the management population.
▪ The Elves were greatly outnumbered and the situation looked desperate.
▪ The police had acted bravely and justly, although greatly outnumbered.
heavily
▪ The Cavaliers occupied Burghley House, but they were heavily outnumbered, and Cromwell forced them to surrender after a bitter siege.
▪ At first sight this might seem very improbable, because such smooth regions would be heavily outnumbered by chaotic and irregular regions.
vastly
▪ Yet in the long run, diet failures vastly outnumber the successes.
▪ Because school people vastly outnumber business-people in most school-to-work partnerships, the tendency is for educators to take over.
▪ Thinly veiled portraits of actual people in fiction vastly outnumber this type of unlucky strike.
▪ Vastly outnumbered but taking a more defined shape were the black Methodists.
■ NOUN
woman
▪ Although popularly thought of as a female offence, women do not outnumber men among those found guilty.
▪ After that, the women outnumber the men.
▪ In both these areas of higher education women have always outnumbered men.
▪ Aware that women outnumber men on voter lists, politicians from both parties are tailoring their campaigns accordingly.
▪ The women outnumbered them and plotted together.
▪ Of this 20 percent, women outnumbered men more than 2 to 1.
▪ Beyond 75, women outnumber men by almost two to one.
▪ In this latter group, women slightly outnumbered men.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a city where bicycles greatly outnumber cars
▪ In these mountains the animal population outnumbers the human by three to one.
▪ Women teachers outnumber their male colleagues by two to one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A unit of Goblins fears any unit of Elves which it does not outnumber by at least two to one.
▪ But those in need of organs or tissue far outnumber donors, according to Karahalios.
▪ Chimpanzees are such an unsuccessful species that they are considerably outnumbered by neuroscientists.
▪ In 1980, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in the state, 3. 1 million to 1. 4 million.
▪ In instances where programs dealt with religion, positive portrayals outnumbered negatives one by 4-to-3, the group said.
▪ So does Sedimentary Petrology, whose pages outnumber those of its older competitor by three to one.
▪ Their numbers will outnumber us, as do insects.
▪ Today, tax-raisers outnumber tax-cutters by nearly seven to one.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outnumber

Outnumber \Out*num"ber\, v. t. To exceed in number; as, the garrison was badly outnumbered by the attacking forces.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
outnumber

"to number more than," 1660s, from out + number (v.). Related: Outnumbered; outnumbering.

Wiktionary
outnumber

vb. to be more in number than somebody or something.

WordNet
outnumber

v. be larger in number

Usage examples of "outnumber".

And the balladist says that of the Claudian women too, some are apples and some are crabs, but that again the crabs outnumber the apples.

Almost as swiftly, their small party was suddenly surrounded by men bristling with weapons, outnumbered twenty to one.

It is still necessary to use hyphens when spelling outnumbers, such as thirty-two, forty-nine.

Roman men were pouring thick from the wood out of all array, followed by a close throng of the kindreds: for on this side the Romans were outnumbered and had stumbled unawares into the ambush of the Markmen, who had fallen on them straightway and disarrayed them from the first.

Octavius and Merula were eventually forced to come to the conclusion that the real reason was that he preferred to outnumber his opponent in a battle situation, whereas in fact Cinna outnumbered him.

Outnumbered and outgeneraled, Varinius had no choice other than to retreat, though he left his beautifully caparisoned Public Horse behind along with most of his soldiers.

I did the best I could with my troop, but the French outnumbered and outmastered us.

The ship came under control slowly, fighting them as a bull fights a halter, but she was outnumbered and outmastered and the wind had changed allegiance, veering round to buffet his right shoulder, not his left, driving them through the waves, not across them.

APCs--but the Americans came away with a great deal of respect for the Republican Guards, who fought on despite being outnumbered, outgunned, and outmatched in every way.

Sharpe prayed that the French would go on waiting, and that the British troops who were marching desperately to reinforce the outnumbered defenders at Quatre Bras reached the crossroads in time.

Although Soli might outnumber us two to one, Aleksandar had overcome odds of five to one at Gaugamela.

From other directions a large, motley force of Entropium warships helped the Migaan craft dispose of the outnumbered Thron vessels.

Jennantar and Jezryaladar had no choice but to fall back and circle round the pack, hoping for a clear shot in the ghastly light of the fire creeping through the grass, as the rest of the men, unarmoured and outnumbered, fought to the death.

They knew themselves outnumbered, representing but one clann, whilst in Aberdeen there were a full eight.

There was already an assortment of Aussies and Kiwis present who outnumbered the Yanks and certainly outdrank them.