odd

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɒd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɑd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(od)

Inflections of 'odd' (adj):
odder
adj comparative
oddest
adj superlative

Collocations for "odd"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "odd" in context.

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odd

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. [three] is an odd number
  2. odd (and even) numbers
  3. odd or even
  4. an odd number of [days, chairs]
  5. an odd [sock, glove]
  6. is an odd [color, smell, thought, decision]
  7. an odd choice of [color, candidate]
  8. has odd taste in [clothing, partners]
  9. and the odd thing is (that)
  10. odd things [keep, are] happening
  11. something odd happened to me (yesterday)
  12. a rather odd [coincidence, thing] occurred
  13. is very odd that he [forgot, left early]
  14. seems very odd (to me)
  15. is odd to [have, go, see]
  16. is odd about [when, where, why]
  17. [a little, rather, very] odd
  18. always working (in) odd jobs
  19. likes the odd [drink, tipple, cigarette]
  20. on the odd occasion
n
  1. [favorable, even, long, short] odds
  2. the odds are [1-2]
  3. the odds on [winning, losing, qualifying] are
  4. the odds (for a home win) have [widened, shortened]
  5. the odds on a [home, visiting] victory
  6. the home team is odds-on to [win]
  7. the bookmakers are offering [3-1] odds
  8. the [driver, horse] won at odds of [16-1]
  9. need to [draw, see, roll] an odd
  10. [made it, succeeded, passed, survived] against all odds
  11. the odds of it happening are [high, low, slim, narrow]
  12. what are the odds of that (happening)?!
  13. the odds were [strongly, undoubtedly, definitely] in favor of
  14. tried, but it made no odds
  15. reduce the odds of a [collision, mistake, failure]
  16. the [workers, lovers] are at odds with each other
additional examples
  1. [favorable, even, long, short] odds
  2. [three] is an odd number
  3. the odds are [1-2]
  4. odd (and even) numbers
  5. the odds on [winning, losing, qualifying] are
  6. odd or even
  7. the odds (for a home win) have [widened, shortened]
  8. an odd number of [days, chairs]
  9. the odds on a [home, visiting] victory
  10. an odd [sock, glove]
  11. the home team is odds-on to [win]
  12. is an odd [color, smell, thought, decision]
  13. the bookmakers are offering [3-1] odds
  14. an odd choice of [color, candidate]
  15. the [driver, horse] won at odds of [16-1]
  16. has odd taste in [clothing, partners]
  17. need to [draw, see, roll] an odd
  18. and the odd thing is (that)
  19. [made it, succeeded, passed, survived] against all odds
  20. odd things [keep, are] happening
  21. the odds of it happening are [high, low, slim, narrow]
  22. something odd happened to me (yesterday)
  23. what are the odds of that (happening)?!
  24. a rather odd [coincidence, thing] occurred
  25. the odds were [strongly, undoubtedly, definitely] in favor of
  26. is very odd that he [forgot, left early]
  27. tried, but it made no odds
  28. seems very odd (to me)
  29. reduce the odds of a [collision, mistake, failure]
  30. is odd to [have, go, see]
  31. the [workers, lovers] are at odds with each other
  32. is odd about [when, where, why]
  33. [a little, rather, very] odd
  34. always working (in) odd jobs
  35. likes the odd [drink, tipple, cigarette]
  36. on the odd occasion
  37. it [costs, is worth] five hundred-odd dollars
  38. fifty-odd people [came, were present]
'odd' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
but - but for - conception - couple - craving - eccentric - fate - flash - flurry - frenzy - gamble - happening - indeed - job - number - object - pair - request - secret - slash - sock - strike - view - wear

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