ALL meanings of odds
odds
O o - noun odds The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way. 1
- noun odds something that is odd. 1
- noun odds Golf. a stroke more than the opponent has played. British. a stroke taken from a player's total score for a hole in order to give him or her odds. 1
- idioms odds at odds, at variance; in disagreement: They were usually at odds over political issues. 1
- idioms odds by all odds, in every respect; by far; undoubtedly: She is by all odds the brightest child in the family. Also, by long odds, by odds. 1
- adjective odds differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice. 1
- adjective odds singular or peculiar in a strange or eccentric way: an odd person; odd manners. 1
- adjective odds fantastic; bizarre: Her taste in clothing was rather odd. 1
- adjective odds leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even): Numbers like 3, 15, and 181 are odd numbers. 1
- adjective odds more or less, especially a little more (used in combination with a round number): I owe three hundred-odd dollars. 1
- adjective odds being a small amount in addition to what is counted or specified: I have five gross and a few odd dozens. 1
- adjective odds being part of a pair, set, or series of which the rest is lacking: an odd glove. 1
- adjective odds remaining after all others are paired, grouped, or divided into equal numbers or parts: Everybody gets two hamburgers and I get the odd one. 1
- adjective odds left over after all others are used, consumed, etc. 1
- adjective odds (of a pair) not matching: Do you know you're wearing an odd pair of socks? 1
- adjective odds not forming part of any particular group, set, or class: to pick up odd bits of information. 1
- adjective odds not regular, usual, or full-time; occasional; casual: odd jobs. 1
- adjective odds out-of-the-way; secluded: a tour to the odd parts of the Far East. 1
- adjective odds Mathematics. (of a function) having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time. 1
- noun plural odds You refer to how likely something is to happen as the odds that it will happen. 0
- noun plural odds In betting, odds are expressions with numbers such as '10 to 1' and '7 to 2' that show how likely something is thought to be, for example how likely a particular horse is to lose or win a race. 0
- noun plural odds the probability, expressed as a ratio, that a certain event will take place 0
- noun plural odds the amount, expressed as a ratio, by which the wager of one better is greater than that of another 0
- noun plural odds the likelihood that a certain state of affairs will be found to be so 0
- noun plural odds the chances or likelihood of success in a certain undertaking 0
- noun plural odds an equalizing allowance, esp one given to a weaker side in a contest 0
- noun plural odds the advantage that one contender is judged to have over another 0
- noun plural odds a significant difference (esp in the phrase it makes no odds) 0
- noun plural odds inequalities 0
- noun plural odds difference or amount of difference 0
- noun plural odds difference in favor of one side over the other; advantage 0
- noun plural odds an equalizing advantage given or received in betting, based on a given bettor's assumed chance of winning and expressed as a ratio 0