What does odd mean?

Definitions for odd
ɒdodd

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. odd, unevenadjective

    not divisible by two

  2. oddadjective

    not easily explained

    "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"

  3. oddadjective

    an indefinite quantity more than that specified

    "invited 30-odd guests"

  4. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singularadjective

    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

    "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

  5. odd, unmatched, unmated, unpairedadjective

    of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.

  6. leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpendedadjective

    not used up

    "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

Wiktionary

  1. oddadjective

    Not having a mate.

    Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.

  2. oddadjective

    Strange, unusual.

  3. oddadjective

    Occasional; infrequent.

    But for the odd exception.

  4. oddadjective

    Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped

    I'm the odd one out.

  5. oddadjective

    Casual, irregular, not planned.

    He's only worked odd jobs.

  6. oddadjective

    About, approximately.

    There were thirty-odd people in the room.

  7. oddadjective

    Not divisible by two.

  8. Etymology: oddi, which comes from oddr via an intermediate meaning of "triangle". The original meaning is "left over".

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. ODDadjective

    Etymology: udda, Swedish.

    This is the third time; I hope
    Good luck lies in odd numbers. William Shakespeare.

    What verity there is in that numeral conceit, in the lateral division of man by even and odd; ascribing the odd unto the right side, and the even unto the left; and so by parity, or imparity of letters in mens names, to determine misfortunes. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv.

    The account of the profits of Ulster, from the fifth year of Edward IIId. until the eighth, do amount but to nine hundred and odd pounds. John Davies, on Ireland.

    Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge of water. Thomas Burnet, Theory.

    The year, without regard to days, ends with an odd day and odd hours, odd minutes and odd seconds of minutes; so that it cannot be measured by any even number of days, hours, or minutes. William Holder, on Time.

    Her madness hath the oddest frame of sense,
    Such a dependency of thing on thing,
    As e’er I heard in madness. William Shakespeare, Measure for Meas.

    Of thee, kind boy, I ask no red and white,
    To make up my delight,
    No odd becoming graces,
    Black eyes, or little know not what’s in faces. John Suckling.

    This blue colour being made by nothing else than by reflexion of a specular superficies, seems so odd a phenomenon and so difficult to be explained by the vulgar hypothesis of philosophers, that I could not but think it deserved to be taken notice of. Isaac Newton, Opt.

    When I broke loose from writers who have employed their wit and parts in propagating of vice, I did not question but I should be treated as an odd kind of a fellow. Spectator.

    No fool Pythagoras was thought;
    He made his list’ning scholars stand,
    Their mouth still cover’d with their hand:
    Else, may be, some odd thinking youth,
    Might have refus’d to let his ears
    Attend the music of the spheres. Matthew Prior.

    So proud I am no slave,
    So impudent I own myself no knave,
    So odd, my country’s ruin makes me grave. Alexander Pope.

    I left him cooling of the air with sighs,
    In an odd angle of the isle. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    There are yet missing some few odd lads that you remember not. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    How strange or odd soe’er I bear myself,
    As I, perchance, hereafter shall think meet,
    To put an antick disposition on. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    It is an odd way of uniting parties to deprive a majority of part of their ancient right, by conferring it on a faction, who had never any right at all. Jonathan Swift.

    Patients have sometimes coveted odd things which have relieved them; as salt and vinegar. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    The odd man to perform all three perfectly is, Joannes Sturmius. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

    The trust Othello puts him in,
    On some odd time of his infirmity,
    Will shake this island. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Mr. 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. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 291.

ChatGPT

  1. odd

    1. The term "odd" typically refers to numbers that cannot be exactly divided by 2 or are not even such as 1, 3, 5, 7, and so on. 2. It can also mean strange or unusual. For instance, it might be used to describe behavior that is not typical or expected. 3. In certain contexts, "odd" can describe something occasional, infrequent or not occurring regularly. 4. In probability, an "odd" is the ratio reflecting the likelihood that a particular event will occur. 5. It can also refer to items not paired with others, or remaining after others have been grouped or counted.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Odd

    od, 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. [Scand., Ice. oddi, a triangle, odd number—Ice. oddr, point; cf. A.S. ord, point.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ODD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Odd is ranked #106096 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Odd surname appeared 168 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Odd.

    68.4% or 115 total occurrences were White.
    29.1% or 49 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'odd' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2659

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'odd' in Written Corpus Frequency: #996

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'odd' in Adjectives Frequency: #300

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of odd in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of odd in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of odd in a Sentence

  1. Producer Mark Joseph:

    The term faith-based is an odd term to describe movies-or anything else, for most Americans faith is a normal part of our lives so it's only normal that faith is weaved into movies as it's weaved into most of our lives. Mark Joseph said the term faith-based can turn off some movie goers.

  2. Brandon Buell:

    We keep waiting for it to kind of disappear and Jaxon be a 'flavor of the week'— but [the media attention] is not going away, it is surreal, it’s humbling, overwhelming and odd to be about our family and our son, but he certainly deserves it.

  3. Jenni Meno:

    Initially we thought it would go away pretty quickly, we knew it was an odd situation and were confident Jessica had not taken anything she shouldn’t.

  4. Pinkett Smith:

    Will and I are in the process of him taking the time to learn to love himself, me taking the time to learn to love Pinkett Smith and us building a friendship along the way, let me tell you, that's been something, to be married to somebody 20-some odd years and realize I don't know you and you don't know me and also realizing there's an aspect of yourself you don't know either.

  5. John Morris ':

    It was odd. He didn’t make it loud or anything. He didn’t talk to us much and then all of a sudden he comes up with this.

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