odds are

Variant of odds

odds definition

odds (ädz)

plural noun

  1. Archaic inequalities
  2. Now Rare difference or amount of difference
  3. difference in favor of one side over the other; advantage
  4. an equalizing advantage given or received in betting, based on a given bettor's assumed chance of winning and expressed as a ratio a winning bettor who got odds of 3 to 1 is paid three times as much as he or she bet
odds Idioms

at odds

in disagreement; quarreling

by (all) odds

by far; unquestionably

(the) odds are

the likelihood is

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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