Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
odds
IPA transcription: ['ɑdz]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
odds
Meaning:
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
Usage examples
"What odds then!
THE ODDS AND ENDS
What odds, Mrs. Dilber?" said the woman.
"It don't make much odds, do it, now?" asked Dick.
"He ought never to have made a bluff of that sort; there were too many odds against him."
Bowers went back again with Meares and managed to ferry over some wind clothes and odds and ends.
But by degrees the musician grew weary, and began to play odds and ends of old tunes, sacred and profane.
Or this is why, against the seemingly insuperable odds against all things new, there can be what is called progress--
Diva was very ingenious: she used up all sorts of odds and ends in a way that did credit to her undoubtedly parsimonious qualities.
Then, remembering the bag of magic "odds and ends," Chris put his hand inside it and drew out a small folded piece of silk and netting.