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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
odds
n 1: the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not
occurring
2: the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of
another; "he offered odds of two to one" [syn: odds,
betting odds]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as,
the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will
win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds."
--Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray."
--Trench.
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The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak.
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There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
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All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
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Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
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2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
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Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
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I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak.
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At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds
did fall." --Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or
other, that sets us all at odds." --Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no
longer used. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold
medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." --W.
Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds
he will win any medal.
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Thesaurus Results for odds:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
advantage, agreement to disagree, allowance, aptitude, asymmetry, at daggers drawn, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, bulge, chance, chances, clashing, coign of vantage, conflicting, contrariety, contrast, cross-purposes, deadwood, debris, departure, deviation, difference, difference of opinion, differing, difficulty, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreeing, disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discordance, discrepancy, discreteness, disequilibrium, disparity, disproportion, dissent, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness, divergence, divergency, diversity, dividedness, division, draw, drop, edge, equivalent odds, even break, even chance, expectation, fair expectation, fair shake, far cry, favorable prospect, fifty-fifty, flying start, fragments, good chance, half a chance, handicap, head start, heterogeneity, hundred-to-one shot, imbalance, in disagreement, in opposition, inaccordance, inadequacy, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality, inequity, inharmonious, inharmoniousness, inharmony, injustice, inside track, insufficiency, irreconcilability, irregularity, jump, lead, leavings, leftovers, liability, likelihood, likeliness, litter, long odds, long shot, misunderstanding, mixture, no chance, nonconformity, nonuniformity, oddments, odds and ends, opposition, otherness, out of line, outlook, overbalance, particles, polarization, presumption, presumptive evidence, price, probabilism, probability, prospect, reasonable ground, reasonable hope, rubbish, running start, scraps, separateness, short odds, shortcoming, shreds, small chance, something extra, something in reserve, square odds, standoff, start, superiority, tendency, toss, toss-up, touch and go, unbalance, unconformity, unevenness, unfair discrimination, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, upper hand, vantage, vantage ground, vantage point, variance, variation, variegation, variety, verisimilitude, well-grounded hope, whip hand |
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Common Misspellings > |
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