What is the difference between odds and odd?
odds | odd | Derived terms |
The ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.
The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
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(not comparable) Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.
(obsolete) Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.
Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.
Strange, unusual.
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(not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.
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(not comparable) Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.
(not comparable) Casual, irregular, not planned.
(not comparable, in combination with a number, not comparable) About, approximately.
(not comparable) Not divisible by two; not even.
Odd is a derived term of odds.
As a noun odds
is the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.As an adjective odd is
single; sole; singular; not having a mate.odds
English
(wikipedia odds)Noun
(en-plural noun)- I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.
Usage notes
* The word "odds" was formerly sometimes used with a singular verb, e.g. (Stephen S. Foster) "If there be any difference in the two crimes, the odds is in favor of the foreign enslaver."Derived terms
* at all odds / by all odds / against all odds * at odds * implied odds * lay odds * long odds / short odds * odds and ends * odds on / odds against * odds-on * pot odds * take oddsSee also
* even money * evensAnagrams
* ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==Noun
References
* ----odd
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.