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odds

noun
/ɑdz/US/ɒdz/UK

Etymology

From odd (“uneven, strange”).

Definitions

  1. 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.
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  2. The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.

    • I looked at the odds given by all bookmakers.

  3. An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing…

    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.
    • The resulting match of fourteen games was won by Mr. Maurian, who had scored all the Knight-odds parties and the majority of the even-term ones!
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. plural of odd

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at odds. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at odds. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at odds

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA