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overnumber

overnumber verb: to outnumber.

Verb

overnumber (third-person singular simple present overnumbers, present participle overnumbering, simple past and past participle overnumbered)

  1. (transitive, archaic or non-native speakers' English) To outnumber.
    • In the most acute cases they may greatly overnumber the white corpuscles and epithelial cells.1900, United States, Annual Reports of the War Department, War Department, page 774

Forms of overnumber

third-person singular presentovernumbers
present participleovernumbering
past participleovernumbered
pastovernumbered

Origin of overnumber

From over- + number.

Questions about overnumber

What does overnumber mean?
Overnumber means to outnumber.
What part of speech is overnumber?
Overnumber is a verb.
What is the past tense of overnumber?
The past tense of overnumber is overnumbered.

Words near overnumber in the dictionary

  1. overnourish
  2. overnourished
  3. overnourishes
  4. overnourishing
  5. overnourishment
  6. overnumber
  7. overnumbered
  8. overnumbering
  9. overnumbers
  10. overnumerous
  11. overnumerousness

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