Odd
[ɒd] or [ɑd]
Definition
(adj.) not easily explained; 'it is odd that his name is never mentioned' .
(adj.) not divisible by two .
(adj.) an indefinite quantity more than that specified; 'invited 30-odd guests' .
(adj.) of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g. .
Typist: Randall--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.
(superl.) Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
(superl.) Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
(superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
(superl.) Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.
Typed by Ann
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Uneven, not divisible by 2.[2]. Unmatched, single (of a pair or set).[3]. Supernumerary, redundant, left over (from a specified number).[4]. Singular, strange, uncommon, eccentric, fantastic, whimsical, peculiar, comical, droll, BIZARRE, grotesque, extravagant, out of the way.
Inputed by Cecile
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alone, sole, unmatched, remaining, over, fragmentary, uneven, singular,peculiar, queer, quaint, fantastical, uncommon, nondescript
ANT:Aggregate, consociate, matched, balanced, squared, integrant, even, common,usual, regular, normal
Editor: Priscilla
Definition
adj. not paired with another: not even: left over after a round number has been taken: additional to a certain amount in round numbers: not exactly divisible by two: strange: unusual in kind or appearance: trifling: remote: (Shak.) at variance.—ns. Odd′-come-shortly an early day any time; Odd′fellow a member of a secret benevolent society called Oddfellows; Odd′ity the state of being odd or singular: strangeness: a singular person or thing.—adj. Odd′-look′ing having a singular appearance.—adv. Odd′ly.—ns. Odd′ment something remaining over: one of a broken set—often used in the plural; Odd′ness.—n.pl. Odds (odz) inequality: difference in favour of one against another: more than an even wager: the amount or proportion by which the bet of one exceeds that of another: advantage: dispute: scraps miscellaneous pieces as in the phrase Odds and ends (lit. 'points' and ends).—At odds at variance.
Checker: Thomas
Examples
- To Gerald, the smallish, odd figure of the German was distinct and objective, as if seen through field glasses. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Odd, Watson--very odd! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In the same odd way, yet with the same rapidity, he then produced singly, and rubbed out singly, the letters forming the words Bleak House. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Emma could hardly understand him; he seemed in an odd humour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Well THAT is an odd kind of delicacy! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Lieutenant Berrendo, watching the captain's face and his odd eyes, thought he was going to shoot the man then. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Odder and odder! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I thought of the oddest things. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You're the oddest fellow I ever saw. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But of all the odd things that ever I knew, the oddest is that you should so run counter to your own interests as to bring this to me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were notfor a few weeks at least. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Well, it is the oddest thing to me, that a man should use such a pretty girl so ill! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- His tools were old bottles, glasses, tobacco-pipes, teacups, and such odds and ends as he could find. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- That makes no odds. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A day makes no such odds. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The odds are enormous against its being coincidence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Give out by driblets, and never inquire for odds and ends,--it isn't beSt. That troubles me, Augustine. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What odds, dear boy? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What's the odds where it comes from? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Editor: Samantha