outnumber

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to be greater in number than another person, group, or thing

   At the meeting, volunteers outnumbered paid staff by three to one.

Formed from out-, in its comparative sense 'surpassing or exceeding,' + number. It follows the same productive pattern as outgrow, outlive, and outweigh.

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