outnumber

[ out-nuhm-ber ]

/ ˌaʊtˈnʌm bər /

to exceed in number.

Origin of outnumber

First recorded in 1660–70; out- + number

They outnumber and may even outweigh all other forms of life.

Why Did It Take So Long For Complex Life To Evolve On Earth? Blame Oxygen. |Matthew R. Francis |November 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So, Grey Worm arms the slaves of Meereen, who outnumber the citizens three-to-one.

Game of Thrones’ ‘Oathkeeper’: Joffrey’s Killer Revealed, White Walkers, and A New Jaime Lannister |Marlow Stern |April 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Egyptians outnumber the Palestinians by about 70 million potential voters.

Mohammed Assaf: From Underdog to Idol |Maysoon Zayid |June 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A good deal of the money also goes to a spreading bureaucracy of administrators, who now outnumber teachers on American campuses.

Janitors With College Degrees and the Higher-Education Bubble |John Leo |July 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

It may come as a surprise to some that women in Rwanda outnumber men in the ministry of justice and in its parliament.

Africa and Justice: The Key to Prosperity |Cherie Blair |January 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
They outnumber us ten to one, says the agent for timber, exaggerating characteristically.

The Soul of John Brown |Stephen Graham
You must remember that they outnumber us, six to one, and could easily tire us out, or cut us off from the island.

Frank, the Young Naturalist |Harry Castlemon
Since then, the Indians have increased more rapidly than the Fijians until they now outnumber them.

A Racial Study of the Fijians |Norman E. Gabel
The Austrians did not outnumber us, and their moral was no higher than ours.

The Russian Turmoil |Anton Ivanovich Denikin
The omnipresent six-shooters that used to outnumber the men of a mining camp ten years ago are rarely seen here in public.

The Crest of the Continent |Ernest Ingersoll

outnumber

/ (ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə) /

(tr) to exceed in number