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overnumbering

overnumbering is the present participle and gerund of overnumber.

Meaning of overnumber

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

Questions about overnumbering

What is overnumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Overnumbering is the present participle and gerund of overnumber.

Words near overnumbering in the dictionary

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

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