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odds-on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. odds-onadjective

    having a better than even chance of success

    "the odds-on favorite"

Wiktionary

  1. odds-onadjective

    Having a chance of winning that is better than even

  2. odds-onadjective

    In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked

ChatGPT

  1. odds-on

    Odds-on refers to a situation in betting where the potential winnings are less than the amount staked, indicating that the likelihood of winning is high. It's usually used to describe a scenario where something is perceived as very likely to happen.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of odds-on in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of odds-on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of odds-on in a Sentence

  1. William Hill:

    He is no longer odds-on favorite.

  2. Marvin Loh:

    We are of the thinking that the strong economic gains make a September hike a likely event, without an acceleration of wage growth, a fourth hike at the end of the year is a more difficult call and futures shows that hesitation, placing just 50 percent odds on that event.

  3. David Goodfriend:

    Hillary can lose Florida and Ohio and still win the presidency. I like her odds on the electoral map.

  4. Hamish Bond:

    We have won 60-something races in a row and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to put pretty short odds on us winning the next race, i know that if we get near to our best then we'll be difficult to beat.

  5. Reggie Miller:

    They were the odds-on favorites last year until they ran into Baylor. I think they’re going to have the same expectations, it’s funny because when we think of college basketball, we think of Duke, UCLA, Kentucky, the blue bloods like North Carolina.


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