odds

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
  2. noun the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another

Etymology

From odd (“uneven, strange”).

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