outnumber
verb/aʊtˈnʌmbər/
Frequency rank: #13,354 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to be greater in number than another group.
Example sentence
Women outnumber men in that nursing program by almost three to one.
Synonyms & related words
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