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odds-on

odds-on adjective: having a chance of winning that is better than even.

Adjective

odds-on (comparative more odds-on, superlative most odds-on)

  1. Having a chance of winning that is better than even.
    • The trophy had barely been lifted before the first press release went out from the bookmakers announcing Norwich as odds-on to go down next season.2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)
    • Trump described the man odds-on to take the keys to Gracie Mansion in November as a “Communist” who “is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.”2025 October 11, Jonathan Derbyshire, “Bringing back the S-word”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19
  2. In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
  3. (colloquial) Very likely.
    • Name a light entertainer and its odds-on that he - or even she (think of Cilla Black) – learned the trade of laughter and song in Liverpool.1966, New Commonwealth, volume 44, page 385

Forms of odds-on

comparativemore odds-on
superlativemost odds-on

Questions about odds-on

What does odds-on mean?
Odds-on means having a chance of winning that is better than even.
What part of speech is odds-on?
Odds-on is an adjective.

Words near odds-on in the dictionary

  1. odds are
  2. odds bud
  3. odds match
  4. odds me
  5. odds on
  6. odds-on
  7. oddsboard
  8. oddsboards
  9. oddsbud
  10. oddship
  11. oddships

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