odds
/ɑdz/ noun B2- The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening. · I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.
- The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations. · I looked at the odds given by all bookmakers.
- An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time. · She beat me with knight odds but lost with rook odds.· The grandmaster gave his opponents significant time odds, of one minute versus ten minutes.
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If he goes by road with his legs all dripping, it’s odds that someone will notice him.
But is it understandable that he should go out of his way to bring with him the most noisy weapon he could select, knowing well that it will fetch every human being in the house to the spot as quick as they can run, and that it is all odds that he will be seen before he can get across the moat?
Do you stay here, and the odds are that you will see me again in an hour or two.
The monkeys never fight unless they are a hundred to one, and few in the jungle care for those odds.
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