Odd
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a. (ŏd)
[Compar. Odder (ŏd"ẽr); superl. Oddest.]
[OE. odde, fr. Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan. od, AS. ord, OHG. ort, G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change of meaning).]
1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.
2. 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.
I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.Shak.
3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge.T. Burnet.
There are yet missing of your companyShak.
Some few odd lads that you remember not.
4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. «An odd action.» Shak. «An odd expression.» Thackeray.
Syn. -- extraordinary; queer.
The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius.Ascham.
Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.Arbuthnot.
Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings.Spectator.
Syn. -- Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See Quaint.
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adjective
- Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. Slang kooky, screwball. British Slang rum, rummy2. See usual/unusual.
- Causing puzzlement; perplexing: curious, funny, peculiar, queer, strange, weird. See usual/unusual.
- Agreeably curious, especially in an old-fashioned or unusual way: funny, quaint. See usual/unusual.
- Occurring unexpectedly: accidental, casual, chance, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, inadvertent. See surprise/expect.
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adj
Definition: miscellaneous, various
Antonyms: like, similar, unvaried
adj
Definition: single, unmatched; uneven
Antonyms: matched
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Look up odd in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Odd is an adjective denoting the quality of being unpaired, occasional, strange or unusual, or a person who is viewed as eccentric.
Odd may also refer to:
In mathematics, the term is used in several senses related to even:
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- even and odd numbers, an integer is odd if dividing by two does not yield an integer
- even and odd functions, a function is odd if f(x) = –f(–x) for all x
- even and odd permutations, a permutation of a finite set is odd if it is composed of an odd number of transpositions
In other contexts
- Odd (name), a male name common in Norway
- Odd, West Virginia, USA
- Odd Grenland, a Norwegian football team
- Odd Della Robbia, a character in Code Lyoko
ODD may refer to:
- Optical Disc Drive
- ODD (fanzine), a Hugo-nominated science fiction fanzine
- ODD (Text Encoding Initiative), "One Document Does it all", an abstracted literate-programming format for describing XML schemas
- ODD, a play by Hal Corley about a teenager with oppositional defiant disorder
- Operational Due Diligence
- Oppositional defiant disorder, a mental disorder characterized by defiant behavior
See also
- Odds, from probability theory and gambling
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Odd
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ulige, umage, overskydende, mærkelig
n. - et slag mere en modstanderen i golf
idioms:
- odd job forefaldende arbejde
- odd man out en der er tilovers, enspændernatur
- odd one out en der er tilovers, enspændernatur
- odd woman out en der er tilovers, enspændernatur
Nederlands (Dutch)
gek, raar, wonderbaarlijk, overblijvend, oneven
Français (French)
adj. - bizarre, surprenant, dépareillé, restant, (Math) impair, intrus
n. - chose curieuse/bizarre, (US, Sport) avantage (au golf), (GB, Sport) handicap, avantage (au golf)
idioms:
- odd job petit boulot, bricoler
- odd man out l'intrus
- odd one out (trouver) l'intrus, (ne pas se sentir) à sa place, ne rien avoir avec, (être) en surnombre
- odd woman out l'intruse
Deutsch (German)
adj. - übrig, restlich, einzeln, ungerade, seltsam, merkwürdig
n. - ein Schlag mehr als der Gegner
idioms:
- odd job Gelegenheitsarbeit
- odd man out Mann, der sich von allen anderen unterscheidet
- odd one out Gegenstand, der sich von allen anderen unterscheidet
- odd woman out Frau, der sich von allen anderen unterscheidet
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - περίεργος, παράξενος, ιδιόρρυθμος, εκκεντρικός, (για δουλειά) ακανόνιστος, σποραδικός, (για αριθμούς) μονός, περιττός, παράταιρος, μοναχός, (κατά μικρό αριθμό) πλεονάζων, και κάτι
n. - (γκολφ) χάντικαπ ενός χτυπήματος
idioms:
- odd job μικροδουλειά, δουλειά του ποδαριού, μαστόρεμα
- odd man out παράταιρο στοιχείο, (για πρόσωπα) απροσάρμοστος
- odd one out παράταιρο στοιχείο
- odd woman out (η) απροσάρμοστη
Italiano (Italian)
bizzarro, scompagnato, dispari, strano, singolare
idioms:
- odd job lavoro saltuario
- odd man/woman/one out persona fuori posto
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ímpar, restante, peculiar
idioms:
- odd job biscate
- odd man/woman/one out selecionar por sorteio
Русский (Russian)
другой, странный, случайный, нечетный, с чем-то
idioms:
- odd job случайный заработок
- odd man/woman/one out непохожий/непохожая на других
Español (Spanish)
adj. - remanente, residual, sobrante, unos, y pico, impar, non, extraño, curioso, raro, sorprendente, notable, peculiar
n. - extraño, raro
idioms:
- odd job pequeño arreglo o reparación, trabajito
- odd man out excepción, persona sobrante, quedar fuera
- odd one out excepción, persona sobrante, quedar fuera
- odd woman out excepción, persona sobrante, quedar fuera
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - udda, ojämn, omaka, enstaka
n. - odd(ett slag mer än motspelaren i golf)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奇数的, 剩余的, 古怪的, 奇特的事物, 怪人, 奇数的东西或人, 比对手多一击
idioms:
- odd job 零工, 零活儿
- odd man out 与团体不和的人, 挑选办法, 被挑出的人或物, 剩下的人或物
- odd one out 配对后剩下的一个, 孤立
- odd woman out 团体中难以和他人相处的女人
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 奇數的, 剩餘的, 古怪的
n. - 奇特的事物, 怪人, 奇數的東西或人, 比對手多一擊
idioms:
- odd job 零工, 零活兒
- odd man out 與團體不和的人, 挑選辦法, 被挑出的人或物, 剩下的人或物
- odd one out 配對後剩下的一個, 孤立
- odd woman out 團體中難以和他人相處的女人
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 남은, 홀수의, 이상한
n. - 덤으로 주는 점수
idioms:
- odd man out 주화를 던져술래를 정하는 방법, 따돌림을 받는 사람
- odd one out 다른 사람들과는 다른 사람
- odd woman out 다른 사람들과는 다른 사람
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 奇妙な, 半端の, 奇数の, …余りの, 臨時の, 異常な, 半端な
idioms:
- odd job 片手間
- odd man/woman/one out 半端になったもの, 仲間外れの人
- what are the odds? 何が違う?
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مفرد, شاذ (الاسم) غرابه, شذوذ
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מוזר, עודף, נותר, פרט (לא זוגי), שונה, לא אחיד
n. - דבר מוזר
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