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odds at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
What Are The Odds In Betting Odds
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odds at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
S3 n [plural] ----------//
1 probability:
2 difficulties:
3 be at odds:
4 horse racing etc:
5 it makes no odds:
6 pay over the odds: ----------//
1 PROBABILITY: the odds// how likely it is that something will or will not happen// -- The odds are (=it is likely) that he will commit the same crime again.// the odds of// --You can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being more safety-conscious.// the odds against// --The odds against a plane crash are around a million to one.// --I'm afraid that the odds are heavily against her winning (=it is not likely) .// --The odds are in favour of a Russian victory (=it is likely) .// -- What are the odds (=how likely is it) that they will mess up?// --a new company that has beaten the odds and succeeded (=it was not likely to succeed, but it did) //
2 DIFFICULTIES: difficulties which make a good result seem very unlikely// -- Against all the odds, he recovered from his terrible injuries.// --The South Africans overcame the odds to beat Australia.// --The hospital's director has been battling against the odds to improve patient care.// -- The odds are stacked against the young birds, especially in winter.// --Their job was to hold on despite impossible odds , in order to give the rest of the army time to strike.// --a little company that battled its way, despite enormous odds , to success//
3 be at odds: a) to disagree// be at odds with// --Briggs found himself at odds with his colleagues.// be at odds over/on// --The two politicians were at odds over what was the truth.// b) if two statements, descriptions, actions etc are at odds with each other, they are different although they should be the same// be at odds with// --Mark's account of what happened is at odds with Dan's.// --She gave him a sweet smile, totally at odds with the look of dislike in her eyes.//
4 HORSE RACING ETC: the numbers that show how much money you will win if you bet on the winner of a horse race or other competition// --The odds are 6-1.// odds of// --At odds of 10-1 he bet a hundred pounds.// (at) long/short odds (=high or low numbers, that show a high or low risk of losing) // --Everyone was surprised when Desert Zone won the race, at very long odds.// lay/offer (sb) odds BrE // --They are laying odds of 8-1 that the Conservatives will win the next election.//
5 it makes no odds: BrE spoken used to say that what someone does or what happens is not important// --Pay me now or later - it makes no odds.//
6 pay over the odds: BrE informal to pay a higher price than is usual or reasonable// --Most residents live in tiny apartments and pay over the odds for them too.// ----------// COLLOCATES for sense 2 // against (all) the odds (=although there are great difficulties) // overcome the odds (=succeed although there are great difficulties) // battle against the odds // the odds are stacked against somebody (=there are great difficulties) // impossible odds // enormous/heavy/overwhelming odds // ----------//
odds at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
154 Moby Thesaurus words for 'odds':
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
odds at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[N] (Inequality [Difference of quantity or degree]): inequality, disparity, odds, difference, unevenness, tipping of the scale, partiality, bias, prejudice, weight, shortcoming, superiority, inferiority.
odds at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
noun [pl.]
1 (usually the odds) the degree to which sth is likely to happen:
The odds are very much in our favour (= we are likely to succeed). * The odds are heavily against him (= he is not likely to succeed). * The odds are that (= it is likely that) she'll win. * What are the odds (= how likely is it) he won't turn up?
2 something that makes it seem impossible to do or achieve sth:
They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds. * Against all (the) odds, he made a full recovery.
3 (in betting) the connection between two numbers that shows how much money sb will receive if they win a bet:
odds of ten to one (= ten times the amount of money that has been bet by sb will be paid to them if they win) * They are offering long / short odds (= the winnings will be high / low because there is a high / low risk of losing) on the defending champion. * (figurative) I'll lay odds on him getting the job (= I'm sure he will get it).
IDIOMS
be at odds (with sth) to be different from sth, when the two things should be the same:
These findings are at odds with what is going on in the rest of the country.
be at odds (with sb) (over / on sth) to disagree with sb about sth:
He's always at odds with his father over politics.
it makes no odds (spoken, especially BrE) used to say that sth is not important:
It makes no odds to me whether you go or stay.
over the odds (BrE, informal) more money than you would normally expect:
Many collectors are willing to pay over the odds for early examples of his work.
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Odds at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
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. ``Pre['e]minent by so much odds.' --Milton.
``The fearful odds of that unequal fray.' --Trench.
The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods.
--Shak.
There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds.
--Shak.
{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. [Obs.]
odds at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
odds
n 1: the probability of a specified outcome [syn: {likelihood}, {likeliness}]
[ant: {unlikelihood}, {unlikelihood}]
2: the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that
of another; 'he offered odds of two to one' [syn: {betting
odds}]
odds at English (WD) Of Explained:
English
Inter: wikipedi » a
Inter: rf » t
Pronunciation
* Inter: rhymes » ɒdzEtymology
From Inter: term » odd uneven, strangeNoun
Inter: en-plural nou » nThe ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.
- : Id say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.'
- The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
Usage notes
* The word 'odds' is sometimes used with a singular verb, making the usage example given above: The odds is strongly in favor ....Derived terms
Inter: rel-top » Terms derived from odds
Inter: rel-mi » d
- odds and ends
- odds on / odds against
- odds-on
- pot odds
- take odds
Inter: rel-botto » m
Translations
Inter: trans-top » the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happeningInter: trans-mi » d
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it possibilità f p
- Macedonian: Inter: t- » mk веројатност f tr=verojátnost sc=Cyrl, Inter: t- » mk изгледи m p tr=ízgledi sc=Cyrl, Inter: t- » mk шанси f p tr=šánsi sc=Cyrl
- Portuguese: Inter: t- » pt chances f p
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru вероятность f tr=verjátnostʹ sc=Cyrl, Inter: t+ » ru шанс m tr=šáns sc=Cyrl or Inter: t+ » ru шанс m p tr=šánsy alt=шансы sc=Cyrl
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » the ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs kurs m
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
See also
* even money- evens
Anagrams
* DDOS, DDoS
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