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odds
(encz) | odds,možnost Pavel Machek; Giza |
odds
(encz) | odds,šance Pavel Machek; Giza |
Odds
(gcide) | Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as,
the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will
win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds."
--Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray."
--Trench.
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The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak.
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There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
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All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
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Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
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2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
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Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
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I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak.
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At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds
did fall." --Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or
other, that sets us all at odds." --Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no
longer used. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold
medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." --W.
Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds
he will win any medal.
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odds
(wn) | odds
n 1: the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not
occurring
2: the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of
another; "he offered odds of two to one" [syn: odds,
betting odds] |
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against all odds
(encz) | against all odds,patrně se nestane Zdeněk Brož |
against all the odds
(encz) | against all the odds,navzdory všemu daveagainst all the odds,proti všemu očekávání dave |
at odds
(encz) | at odds,na ostří nože [amer.] Pavel Cvrčekat odds,na štíru with - s Rostislav Svobodaat odds,v rozporu with - s Rostislav Svoboda |
give you odds
(encz) | give you odds, |
odds
(encz) | odds,možnost Pavel Machek; Gizaodds,šance Pavel Machek; Giza |
odds and ends
(encz) | odds and ends,drobnosti Zdeněk Brožodds and ends,maličkosti Zdeněk Brož |
odds-maker
(encz) | odds-maker, n: |
odds-on
(encz) | odds-on,pravděpodobný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
the odds-on favorite
(encz) | the odds-on favorite, |
At odds
(gcide) | Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as,
the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will
win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds."
--Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray."
--Trench.
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The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak.
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There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
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All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
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Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
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2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
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Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
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I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak.
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At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds
did fall." --Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or
other, that sets us all at odds." --Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no
longer used. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold
medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." --W.
Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds
he will win any medal.
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It is odds
(gcide) | Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as,
the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will
win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds."
--Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray."
--Trench.
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The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak.
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There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
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All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
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Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
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2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
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Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
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I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak.
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At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds
did fall." --Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or
other, that sets us all at odds." --Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no
longer used. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold
medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." --W.
Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds
he will win any medal.
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Odds and ends
(gcide) | Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as,
the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will
win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds."
--Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray."
--Trench.
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The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak.
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There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
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All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
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Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
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2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
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Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
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I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak.
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At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds
did fall." --Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or
other, that sets us all at odds." --Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no
longer used. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold
medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." --W.
Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds
he will win any medal.
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odds are
(gcide) | Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as,
the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will
win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds."
--Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray."
--Trench.
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The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
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Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
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I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak.
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At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds
did fall." --Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or
other, that sets us all at odds." --Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no
longer used. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold
medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." --W.
Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds
he will win any medal.
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slim odds
(gcide) | Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See Odd, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. The odds are often expressed by a ratio; as,
the odds are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will
win three times out of four "Preeminent by so much odds."
--Milton. "The fearful odds of that unequal fray."
--Trench.
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The odds
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
[1913 Webster]
Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
I can not speak
Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
At odds, in dispute; at variance. "These squires at odds
did fall." --Spenser. "He flashes into one gross crime or
other, that sets us all at odds." --Shak.
It is odds, it is probable; same as odds are, but no
longer used. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
odds are it is probable; as, odds are he will win the gold
medal.
Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends." --W.
Irving.
slim odds low odds; poor chances; as, there are slim odds
he will win any medal.
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at odds
(wn) | at odds
adj 1: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our
findings"; "contradictory attributes of unjust justice
and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley [syn: {at
odds(p)}, conflicting, contradictory, {self-
contradictory}] |
betting odds
(wn) | betting odds
n 1: the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that
of another; "he offered odds of two to one" [syn: odds,
betting odds] |
by all odds
(wn) | by all odds
adv 1: without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too
expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds
they should win" [syn: decidedly, unquestionably,
emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds] |
odds
(wn) | odds
n 1: the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not
occurring
2: the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of
another; "he offered odds of two to one" [syn: odds,
betting odds] |
odds and ends
(wn) | odds and ends
n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends,
oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash,
mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry,
omnium-gatherum] |
odds-maker
(wn) | odds-maker
n 1: someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of
the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) [syn:
odds-maker, handicapper] |
odds-on
(wn) | odds-on
adj 1: having a better than even chance of success; "the odds-on
favorite" |
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