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adj/ɒd//ɔd//ɑd/
  1. 1

    Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.not-comparableusually

    • She slept in, which was very odd.
  2. 2

    Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.; Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.not-comparableusually

    • [One of them would] say, 'Hi, Mother.' This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes 'Hi' was all I heard; other times they'd stay and talk for a minute.
  3. 3

    Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.not-comparableusually

    • Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
    • My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
  4. 4

    Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.not-comparableusually

    • I'm the odd one out.
  5. 5

    Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.not-comparableusually

    • "Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket.
    • Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change.
  6. 6

    Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.not-comparableusually

    • I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.
    • but for the odd exception
  7. 7

    Not regular or planned.not-comparableusually

    • He's only worked odd jobs.
  8. 8

    Used or employed for odd jobs.not-comparableusually

    • At about 14 he rises a step by getting the 'odd' horse and cart, and does all the small carting work about the farm.
    • There is also the “orra man who, like the odd horse, is kept busy on odd jobs.
  9. 9

    Numerically indivisible by two.not-comparableusually

    • The product of two odd numbers is also odd.
  10. 10

    Numbered with an odd number.not-comparableusually

    • How do I print only the odd pages?
noun/ɒd//ɔd//ɑd/
  1. 1

    Something left over, not forming part of a set.informal

    • I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.
  2. 2

    An odd number.diminutive

    • So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.

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