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outnumber

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out·num·ber  (out-nmbr)
tr.v. out·num·bered, out·num·ber·ing, out·num·bers
To exceed the number of; be more numerous than.

outnumber
Verb
to exceed in number: they were outnumbered by fifty to one
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.outnumber - be larger in number
number, total, amount, add up, come - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
Translations
outnumber [autˈnʌmbəʳ] vtexceder or superar en número

outnumber [autˈnʌmbəʳ] out vtsurpasser en nombre

outnumber [autˈnʌmbəʳ] vtzahlenmäßig überlegen sein +dat;
to be outnumbered (by) 5 to 1 → im Verhältnis 5 zu 1 in der Minderheit sein

outnumber [autˈnʌmbəʳ] vtsuperare in numero

outnumber
v outnumber [autˈnambə]
to be more (in number) than The boys in the class outnumber the girls. in getal oortref يَفوق عَدَداً превъзхождам числено převyšovat počtem være i overtal zahlenmäßig übertreffen ξεπερνώ σε αριθμό exceder en número (arvulises) ülekaalus olema بیشتر بودن olla enemmän kuin être plus nombreux que לִהיוֹת בְּיִתָרון מִספָּרִי से संख्या ज्यादा होना brojčano nadmašiti létszámban felülmúl lebih banyak vera fleiri að tölu en superare in numero より多い ...보다 수가 많다 pralenkti skaičiumi pārspēt skaita ziņā melebihi in aantal overtreffen være tallmessig overlegen przewyższać liczebnie ultrapassar a întrece numeric превосходить численно prevyšovať počtom prekašati v številu biti brojniji överträffa i antal, vara fler än จำนวนมากกว่า sayıca üstün olmak 數量上超過,比......多 переважати кількісно تعداد ميں بڑھ جانا đông hơn ......多


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And lastly, how comes it that we whalemen of America now outnumber all the rest of the banded whalemen in the world; sail a navy of upwards of seven hundred vessels; manned by eighteen thousand men; yearly consuming 00824,000,000 of dollars; the ships worth, at the time of sailing, 20,000,000 dollars; and every year importing into our harbors a well reaped harvest of 00847,000,000 dollars.
Again, we say that there are many people in a village, and few in Athens, although those in the city are many times as numerous as those in the village: or we say that a house has many in it, and a theatre few, though those in the theatre far outnumber those in the house.
Later, and especially since the war, the term seems to be used wholly in a political sense--that is, to designate the counties where the black people outnumber the white.
 
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