Antonyms for odds
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : odz |
| Phonetic Transcription : É’dz |
Definition of odds
Origin :- in wagering sense, found first in Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV," 1597), probably from earlier sense of "amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another" (1540s), from odd (q.v.), though the sense evolution is uncertain. Until 19c. treated as a singular, though obviously a plural (cf. news).
- noun advantage
- noun probability
- Either I'd pull through or I wouldn't, and the odds were—well, I didn't say much.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The case of Yates was by all odds the most complex and bewildering of the four.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- But a bettor of the right sort slips in an' taps me for odds to a thousand.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- It don't make no odds whether you believe it or not, she's there.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- At odds with him, she yet took time to think of his creature needs!
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- According to her, it asked no odds from the wild huntsman, or the Gabriel hounds.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- It makes no odds whether a man has a thousand pound, or nothing, there.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- The odds were all against these men, yet no one considered the matter.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- It's by all odds the best jack-o'-lantern I ever saw in my life.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 » by Various
- With the odds against him, Tom started in to regain the lost ground.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
Synonyms for odds
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