Odds - English meaning
ɒdz
Odds – definitions in English dictionary
plural nounThe ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way.
Usage examples:
Nicer is starting at odds of 8-1
plural nounThe likelihood that a particular thing will or will not happen
Usage examples:
She was sick yesterday, so the odds are she won’t be in today.
nounThe odds of something happening are how probable it is that it will happen
Usage examples:
The odds are against sth at the moment it seems the odds are against a deal., the odds are on sth/i…
nounThe probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen
Usage examples:
If you drive a car all your life, the odds are that you'll have an accident at some point., there a…
nounIn gambling (= the activity of risking money guessing the result of something), a probability expressed as a number
Usage examples:
The odds against my horse winning (= that it will not win)/on my horse winning (= that it will win)…
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Word origin
early 16th century: apparently the plural of the obsolete noun odd ‘odd number or odd person’.
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