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odds on

odds on is the alternative spelling of odds-on.

Meaning of odds-on

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)
  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 is odds on the alternative spelling of?
Odds on is the alternative spelling of odds-on.

Words near odds on in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: odds on (page history and authors); odds-on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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