OUTNUMBER


Meaning of OUTNUMBER in English

out ‧ num ‧ ber /aʊtˈnʌmbə $ -ər/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ number , ↑ numeral , ↑ numeracy , ↑ numerator , ↑ innumeracy ; adjective : ↑ innumerable , ↑ numerical , ↑ numerous , ↑ numerate ≠ ↑ innumerate ; verb : ↑ number , ↑ outnumber ; adverb : ↑ numerically ]

to be more in number than another group:

Flats outnumber houses in this area.

His troops were hopelessly outnumbered.

outnumber somebody/something by something

In nursing, women still outnumber men by four to one.

vastly/greatly/heavily outnumber

Men in prison vastly outnumber women.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.