Transcription
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- [out-nuhm-ber]
- /ˌaʊtˈnʌm bər/
- /ˌaʊtˈnʌm.bər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [out-nuhm-ber]
- /ˌaʊtˈnʌm bər/
Definitions of outnumbered word
- verb with object outnumbered to exceed in number. 1
- noun outnumbered Simple past tense and past participle of outnumber. 1
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Origin of outnumbered
First appearance:
before 1660 One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1660-70; out- + number
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Outnumbered
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
outnumbered popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
outnumbered usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for outnumbered
verb outnumbered
- exceeded — Simple past tense and past participle of exceed.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surpassed — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- eclipsed — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
Top questions with outnumbered
- how old is ben from outnumbered?
- how many series of outnumbered are there?
- where is the outnumbered house?
- who plays stacey in outnumbered?
- how to fight when outnumbered?
- who plays ben in outnumbered?
- what is outnumbered?
- how many seasons of outnumbered are there?
- where was outnumbered filmed?
- where is outnumbered set?
- who played karen in outnumbered?
- how old are the outnumbered cast?
- how old is ben from outnumbered 2012?
- where is outnumbered filmed?
- who plays angela in outnumbered?
See also
Matching words
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