Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)Something left over, not forming part of a set.

    I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.

  2. (diminutive)An odd number.

    So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.

Examples

436 sentences
  1. She looks odd in those clothes.

    Він дивно виглядає у цьому одязі. — deniko

    ruОна странно выглядит в этой одежде. — Hellerick

  2. Tom is a very odd person.

    Том дуже дивна людина. — deniko

    ruТом очень странный человек. — marafon

  3. Tom certainly is an odd kid.

    Том, звичайно ж, дивна дитина. — deniko

  4. Doesn't it look a little odd?

    Хіба це не виглядає трохи дивно? — deniko

    ruНе странновато выглядит? — marafon

  5. I think she's a little odd.

    Мені здається, вона трохи дивакувата. — deniko

Origin

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”).

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Forms

plural: odds
Singularodd
Pluralodds

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedat odds

Collocations

11 patterns
  • an an odd
  • a little odd
  • the odds are
  • do odd jobs
  • something odd
  • find that odd
  • little odd
  • odd jobs
  • are the odds
  • seems odd
  • to do odd

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
odd — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto