A certain number of points given beforehand to a weaker side in a contest to equalize the chances of all participants.
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An amount or a degree by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another: won the contest by considerable odds.
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Games A ratio expressing the amount by which the stake of one bettor differs from that of an opposing bettor.
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The likelihood of the occurrence of one thing rather than the occurrence of another thing, as in a contest: The odds are that she will get the nomination on the first ballot.
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idiom
At odds In disagreement; in conflict: "The artist and the self-critic . . . are, with a few felicitous exceptions, forever at odds” ( Joyce Carol Oates).
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By all odds In every possible way; unquestionably: By all odds it is the best film of the year.
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noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Degree of unlikeness.
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An amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another .
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A difference favoring one of two opposed things .
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A difference in terms of advantage or disadvantage .
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The probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another .
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