outnumber

To outnumber somebody is to have more people than they do. If there are 10 people in a room, and 20 people want to enter, the 20 people will outnumber the 10 people.

  • The stadium was outnumbering the number of people that the protesters wanted to see.

  • The company outnumbers the number of customers that it wants to serve.

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Example Sentences for outnumber

  • 1

    The Huns greatly outnumber the Goths.

  • 2

    The Muslims outnumber the Catholics.

  • 3

    The imitators outnumber the innovators.

  • 4

    The good guys outnumber the bad.

  • 5

    The proletarians inevitably outnumber the capitalists.

  • 6

    In the end, the losses would outnumber the gains.

  • 7

    Being outnumbered is childish and against the the spirit of wiki.

  • 8

    It's a pity the morons of the world outnumber the reasonable people.

  • 9

    In fact, in the early days the trustees threatened to outnumber the students.

  • 10

    However, the villains outnumber the heroes and regain control of the situation.