odds

[ɑːdz]

Definition:
1. The probability of a specified outcome.
2. The ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another.

Use 'odds' in a sentence:

1. I've got a few odds and ends to do before leaving.
2. And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up at odds with each other.
3. Some women do manage to achieve business success against all odds.
4. An adviser said there was no reason why the two countries should remain at odds.
5. At least, she says, they can maximize the odds of success.
6. They can maximize the odds of success.
7. Of the five companies bidding for the contract, Wall Street analysts have made Lockheed the odds-on favourite.
8. Odds bobs, hammer and tongs I'm burning.
9. I'll lay odds that Dean is at your office right now.
10. Odds my life, a strange boon!
11. What are the odds of finding a parking space right outside the door?
12. The odds are that she'll win.
13. It's possible to be bedfellows with someone on one issue, and at odds with them on another.
14. The odds are that you are going to fail.
15. He's always at odds with his father over politics.
16. These findings are at odds with what is going on in the rest of the country.
17. It's odds-on that he'll be late.
18. He reckons the odds are against the plan going ahead.
19. We are offering odds of 6-1 on the fight ending in a knockout.
20. That's completely at odds with how I feel today.
21. His troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour.
22. He was at odds with his Prime Minister.
23. Even so, the odds favour marriage.
24. Studies of innovation come to the same conclusion: You can't engineer innovation, but you can increase the odds of it occurring.
25. The odds are heavily against him.
26. Against all (the) odds , he made a full recovery.
27. What are the odds he won't turn up?
28. She spent the day sorting through a box full of odds and ends.
29. He sweeps up and does a few odds and ends.
30. Unemployed workers face difficult odds.
31. It was odds-on that there was no killer.
32. The profit motive is inherently at odds with principles of fairness and equity.
33. Finally, late in life and against considerable odds, she became a nun.
34. Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate.
35. The odds are very much in our favour.
36. The odds are stacked against civilians getting a fair trial.
37. I'm sorry. I just feel as if the odds are stacked up against me.
38. He was at odds with the boss.
39. The troops will only engage in a ground battle when all the odds are in their favour.
40. Global ecological efforts can easily be at odds with local ecologies.
41. He reckoned the odds are against the scheme going ahead.
42. Many collectors are willing to pay over the odds for early examples of his work.
43. It makes no odds to me whether you go or stay.
44. What were the odds against?
45. Against all odds, he made a full recovery.
46. I'll lay odds on him getting the job.
47. Arazi is odds-on to win the Kentucky Derby.
48. She put in some clothes, odds and ends, and make-up.
49. They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds.
50. The baby boy defied all the odds and survived.
51. The odds against him surviving are incredible.