Synonym: betting odds. Similar words: odd, a good deal, a good deal of. Meaning: [ɑdz /ɒdz] n. 1. the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring 2. the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another.
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121, Given those odds, claims Salsburg, one might as well flip a coin.
122, You name your favorite contemporary artist and odds are they are involved.
123, They may not be contributory - but the odds are heavy on their being present.
124, Incidentally the odds on the hunted fox being killed are about evens.
125, I could have got odds of ten to one and made a fortune.
126, He felt the odds on anyone surviving such an explosion were extremely low.
127, That, of course, would increase the odds that the gambling industry will emerge from the federal study without a scratch.
128, Of course this could be a coincidence but we can calculate the odds against this.
129, Within minutes it was very strong and while my partner seconded I began calculating the odds of freezing to death.
130, Indeed, some of the individuals cited above would unquestionably find themselves at odds with certain of our conclusions.
131, At odds of about eight to one, however, I was overwhelmed, seriously injured and left for dead.
132, Clinton and congressional Republicans have been at odds over a plan to balance the federal budget in seven years.
133, Indeed, the logic of commercialism may lead the enterprise to pursue activities at odds with other government objectives.
134, First, the political demands on public enterprises lead to objectives that are confusing, changeable and often mutually at odds.
135, The only other large studies with controls examined hip fractures and rheumatoid arthritis and found odds ratios of 1.5 and 2.1.
136, The theories which sociologists and economists use to explain business life are almost entirely at odds with one another.
137, Now he merely appraised the situation, calculating the odds for life against death.
138, An actuary, assuming no casual connection, might calculate the odds against such a coincidence.
139, In the event(sentencedict.com), the cyclist defied the odds and survived.
140, New democracies have been born, struggling against appalling odds to find their feet, with hyper-inflation and national rivalries.
141, A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels.
142, In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. Barack Obama
143, I did a few odds and ends in the garden on Saturday, played a round of golf on Sunday morning.
144, He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all.
145, After beating incredible odds to prove himself a classroom genius,[http://sentencedict.com] Steven has been cruelly snubbed by prospective employers.
146, Far from it, what they say for public consumption appears to be at odds with what they are saying privately.
147, The odds are that the young man would not have laid a finger on her, but what if ...?
148, Similarly, increased odds ratios were found for different age strata.
149, The rally has defied all odds and logic with only two, short interruptions since it began its climb in August 1982.
150, Congress has helped make the odds by enacting measure after measure designed to keep incumbents in office.