outnumber

_outnumber_

Verb.

Etymology: it is analysed into out- (prefix implying the idea of “excess”) + the verb NUMBER.

Transitively: to exceed in number.

Translation: être plus nombreux que, in French; superar en número, in Spanish; superare in numero, in Italian.

 Mrs. Horn's rooms were large, and they never seemed very full, though this perhaps was because people were always so quiet. The ladies, who outnumbered the men ten to one, as they always do at a New York tea, were dressed...

William Howells… The March Family

Those who are gone cannot have lost their interest in those who remain, and those who are gone outnumber us two to one.

Gilbert Holland… Arthur Bonnicastle

In a moment the two bands met. The French were outnumbered.

Herbert Strang… The Light brigade in Spain

Though the English were in the minority on this occasion, it is seldom that they do not outnumber the passengers of all other nations to be found on board the Baltic steamers.

Robert Bremner… Excursions in Denmark

A force of seventy or eighty was formed quickly, and hidden from the view of the Mexicans, they rushed down the plaza, climbed the low walls and dropped down upon the plain. The Mexican cavalry outnumbered them four or five to one, but the Texans cared little for such odds.

The Texan Scouts… A Story of the Alamo

Our newspapers outnumber theirs nearly three to one.

Godey's Magazine, vol. 58-59

 [The mutineers] succeeded at last in closing the forecastle effectually before more than six of their opponents could get up. These six, finding themselves so greatly outnumbered and without arms, submitted after a brief struggle. 

Edgar Poe