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(diminutive) An odd number.
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So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
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Something left over, not forming part of a set.
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The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
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I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.
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The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
Examples of odds in a Sentence
I strained not to be at odds with my bride.
The odds must be astronomical.
However, the Wizard went once more to his satchel--which seemed to contain a surprising variety of odds and ends--and brought out a spool of strong wire, by means of which they managed to fasten four of the wings to Jim's harness, two near his head and two near his tail.
The French general, however, hardly drew out far enough from the French right; otherwise the magnificent resolution he displayed and the admirable obstinacy with which his troops fought against ever-increasing odds are worthy of all praise.
By this time every infantry soldier and gun within call had been thrown into the fight, and the Austrians might well have thrown odds of three to one upon the Prussian centre and have broken it asunder.
During ten years of intermittent marching and fighting between 1861 and 1871 the Maori did no more than prove that they had in them the stuff to stand up against fearful odds and not always to be worsted.
He refused to accept that he and Cynthia were other than temporarily at odds with one another.
Some officers were for withdrawing by sea, but the general chose to hold his ground, though his army was enfeebled by sickness and would have to fight on unfavourable terrain against odds of two to one.
It was uncustomary for the women to be at odds.
It's inevitable that two people living in the same house are going to be at odds sometimes, but from now on I'll never feel completely safe.
At the end of the Napoleonic wars Portugal had Macao and Goa, Holland Java, Sumatra and other islands, France some odds and ends in India, while England emerged with Hong Kong, Singapore, Ceylon and a free hand in India.
But in 1813 Baden joined the coalition, and since then that nation created of odds and ends (de brit et de broc) and always handsomely treated by us, had not ceased to take a leading part in the struggles against our country.
But whatever their theoretical agreement on social questions, politically they were hopelessly at odds.
The people who have succeeded against the odds in obtaining normal blood sugars have in effect changed their personal destiny regarding diabetic complications.
The others thought they trapped me, and here I am, against all odds.
With a handful of men he opposed Sherman's march through the Carolinas, and at Bentonville, N.C., fought and almost won a most gallant and skilful battle against heavy odds.
Almost the same plot was enacted at Nagpur, where the honour of the British name was saved by the sepoys who defended the hill of Sitabaldi against enormous odds.
The British immigrants of 1820 were still struggling against heavy odds; the Dutch colonists were in a state of great indignation.
And this was chiefly because before all things it was a practical philosophy, a rallying-point for strong and noble spirits contending against odds.
Delhi, once more attacked by a Mahratta army under the Mahratta chief Holkar in 1804, was gallantly defended by Colonel Ochterlony, the British resident, who held out against overwhelming odds for eight days, until relieved by Lord Lake.
The all-day battle in the narrow mountain pass was the most stubbornly contested of the whole war, and the brilliant victory of Taylor over such odds made " Old Rough and Ready," as he was called by his troops, the hero of the hour.
If the odds were too great they could always retire to their ships, put to sea, and resume their predatory operations on some other coast three hundred miles away.
The Fenian element was with him, as he admitted, but the clergy were against him, and the odds were too great, especially against a Protestant politician.
It will be seen that the compiler of the volume on which so much depends had to go back fully a century, with little else to guide him but odds and ends in the way of publications and tradition.
It was in his first race that Mr O'Kelly took the odds to a large amount before the start for the second heat, that he would place the horses.
On reaching Varna, the Hungarians found that the Venetian galleys had failed to prevent the transit of the sultan, who now confronted them with fourfold odds, and on the 10th of November 1444 they were utterly routed, Wladislaus falling on the field and Hunyadi narrowly escaping.
It is equally admirable in the depth of its wisdom, the comprehensiveness of its views, the sagacity of its reflections, and the fearlessness, patriotism, liantly and effectively exhibited than they were by Hamilton in the New York convention of 1788, whose vote he won, against the greatest odds, for the ratification of the Constitution.
Her paternal ancestors came from Bordeaux, and Renan used to say that in his own nature the Gascon and the Breton were constantly at odds.
He claimed to have re - pelled the outflanking movement of the French in the battle of the Marne, but he was nevertheless compelled, in consequence of the faulty disposition of the German forces in the line of battle and the success of the Allied offensive, to withdraw his army be - fore what he described as overwhelming odds to the Aisne posi - tions.
Alex cautioned that it would seriously reduce their odds of success, but they and the surrogate mother were agreeable to twins, if it should happen.
Besides, what were the odds that she would run into Brandon on any specific day?
While I admit more than a smidgen of curiosity about what we were undertaking, I felt uncomfortable being at odds with our hosts.
A shuffling drew her attention, the sound at odds with the chaos below.
The Guardian had some code of honor that seemed at odds with Brady's quick trigger finger.
He was the archetype of the individual man, the lone venturer, who against the odds makes out.
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