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📖 Определения и значения для слова odds

📒 the degree to which something is likely to happen

  • The odds are very much in our favour (= we are likely to succeed).
  • The odds are heavily against him (= he is not likely to succeed).
  • The odds are that (= it is likely that) she'll win.

📒 something that makes it seem impossible to do or achieve something

  • They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds.
  • She defied the odds to beat the clear favourite.
  • to beat/overcome the odds

📒 the connection between two numbers that shows how much money somebody will receive if they win a bet

  • odds of ten to one (= ten times the amount of money that has been bet by somebody will be paid to them if they win)
  • odds on somebody/something They are offering long/short odds (= the prize money will be high/low because there is a high/low risk of losing) on the defending champion.
  • (figurative) I'll lay odds on him getting the job (= I'm sure he will get it).

📒 to disagree with somebody about something

  • He's always at odds with his father over politics.

📒 to be different from something, when the two things should be the same

  • These findings are at odds with what is going on in the rest of the country.

📒 you are unlikely to succeed because the conditions are not good for you

📒 you are likely to succeed because the conditions are good and you have an advantage

📒 used to say that something is not important

  • It makes no odds to me whether you go or stay.

📒 more money than you would normally expect

  • Many collectors are willing to pay over the odds for early examples of his work.
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