English Online Dictionary. What means odds? What does odds mean?
English
Etymology
From odd (“uneven, strange”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑdz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒdz/
- Rhymes: -ɒdz
Noun
odds pl (plural only)
- The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
- The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
- (chess) An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time.
Noun
odds
- plural of odd
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
Descendants
- → Welsh: ots
Translations
See also
- even money
- evens
Anagrams
- DDoS, OSDD, DDOs, DDOS, dods, Dods
Icelandic
Noun
odds
- indefinite genitive singular of oddur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English odds.
Noun
odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsene)
- odds
References
- “odds” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English odds.
Noun
odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsa)
- odds
References
- “odds” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.