odds
31odds — /ɒdz / (say odz) noun (usually construed as plural) 1. the ratio of the money to be paid to a better if successful, to the money invested by that better: the bookmaker could only give me odds of three to two. 2. a. the likelihood of a certain… …
32odds — n.pl. 1 the ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way. 2 the chances or balance of probability in favour of or against some result (the odds are against it; the odds are that it will… …
33odds — plural noun 1》 the ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way. 2》 (the odds) the chances of something happening or being the case. 3》 (the odds) the balance of advantage; superiority in… …
34odds — a statement of the probabilities that an event will or will not happen. If the probability is a/(a + b) that the event will happen and b/(a + b) that it will not happen, then the odds are a b (or a to b, or a:b) in favor of the event and b a… …
35odds — /odz/, n. (usually used with a pl. v.) 1. the probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else: The odds are that it will rain today. 2. the ratio of probability that something is so, will occur, or is… …
36odds — [ɒdz] noun [plural] 1) the chances of something happening The odds are (= it is likely that) they won t succeed.[/ex] 2) the chances that are used for calculating how much money you will get if the person or thing you BET on wins a race or… …
37odds — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
38odds-on — /ˈɒdz ɒn / (say odz on) adjective 1. (of a bet) wagered at odds of less than one to one; less than even money: Rainbow was the odds on favourite. –phrase Also, be odds on. 2. be odds on, Colloquial to be extremely likely: it s odds on I ll be… …
39odds — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1520 1. a. archaic inequalities b. obsolete degree of unlikeness 2. a. an amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another < won the election by considerable odds > b …
40odds — plural noun 1) odds are that he is no longer alive Syn: the likelihood is, the probability is, chances are, there s a good chance 2) the odds are in our favor against all odds Syn: advantage, edge; superiority, supremacy …
