odds

English

Etymology

From odd (“uneven, strange”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒdz

Noun

1. The ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.

   I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.

2. The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.

odds

1. 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

Terms derived from odds

• at all odds / by all odds / against all odds
• at odds
• implied odds
• lay odds
• long odds / short odds
• make no odds

• odds and ends
• odds on / odds against
• odds-on
• pot odds
• take odds

Translations

the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening

• Afrikaans: kansverhouding
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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: šance (cs) f
• Dutch: de kansen
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• Finnish: todennäköisyys (fi) pl
• French: chances (fr) f pl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Wahrscheinlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: πιθανότητα (el) f (pithanótita)
• Italian: possibilità (it) f pl
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• Japanese: オッズ (ozzu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: вероја́тност f (verojátnost), и́згледи m pl (ízgledi), ша́нси f pl (šánsi)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: odds m

  Nynorsk: odds m

• Portuguese: chances f pl
• Russian: вероя́тность (ru) f (verojátnostʹ), ша́нс (ru) m (šáns) or ша́нсы (ru) m pl (šánsy)
• Spanish: probabilidad (es) f
• Tagalog: kahigtan
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations

• Czech: kurs (cs) m
• German: Gewinnquote (de) f
• Greek: απόδοση (el) f (apódosi)
• Hungarian: szorzó (hu)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: odds m

  Nynorsk: odds m

See also

• even money
• evens

Anagrams

• DDOS, DDOs, DDoS, Dods, dods

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite genitive singular of oddur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English odds

Noun

odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsene)

1. odds

References

• “odds” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English odds

Noun

odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsa)

1. odds

References

• “odds” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.