odd
//ɒd//
Forms
- Comparative
- odder
- Superlative
- oddest
- Plural
- odds
Definitions
1.Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- She slept in, which was very odd.
- Did Mary (I thought it was odd that they always called her Mary even though her name was Mary Anne, and odder that Mom refused to correct them) have time for some questions?
- Jena Janovy is a strange bird, a college basketball player who is a) female and b) short (5 feet 3 inches) and, perhaps oddest of all, lets neither of those things dampen her rabid enthusiasm for the game.
2.Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
- Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
3.Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- I'm the odd one out.
4.Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change.
- "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.
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.An odd number.
- So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2680
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”).