Adjective "odd" definition and examples

Pronunciation

/ɒd/

Definitions and examples

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

1. with clause 'it's odd that she didn't recognize me'
2. 'He reached into his pocket for his keys, and he noticed something odd.'
3. 'Back in the desert I had an odd sensation of riding into a landscape.'
4. 'She began to tremble violently as she felt an odd sensation come over her.'
5. 'After a while she noticed something quite odd.'
6. 'Sometimes I meet people in odd places and am surprised to learn that they are on their first overseas trip.'
7. 'The acting is strong, though odd at times.'
8. 'Images are made strange in her works by their changed contexts and odd juxtapositions.'
9. 'The odd thing is that he did the interview at all, I think.'
10. 'They think it's rather odd to be so highly involved in football and it's vice-versa.'
11. 'She thought it odd that Jake would do so many nice things for him.'

(of whole numbers such as 3 and 5) having one left over as a remainder when divided by two.

1. 'Goldbach also conjectured that every odd number is the sum of three primes.'
2. 'When k is an integer there are k or 2k petals depending whether k is odd or even.'
3. 'In every known pair, both numbers are even or both are odd.'
4. 'The issue of odd perfect numbers remains unsettled, however.'
5. 'In his talk, he gave an outline of some of Thompson's work, beginning with the odd order theorem of Feit and Thompson.'
6. 'Hence such graphs require n to be odd, and then for each axis there are n such graphs.'
7. 'An odd perfect number is defined to be an odd integer that is equal to the sum of its proper divisors.'
8. 'Every even natural number x greater than six can be written as the sum of two distinct odd primes.'
9. 'she looked younger than her fifty-odd years'
10. 'The Celts slipped to their fifth defeat of the season when they lost by the odd goal to Whitby Town at the Turnbull Ground.'
11. 'The U12 side went down by the odd goal in seven to Yeats United.'
12. 'Hull surrendered their unbeaten start to the season at the weekend as they lost out by the odd goal in five to Port Vale.'
13. 'But they were shaded to the honours by the odd goal of a seven-goal thriller.'
14. 'Dartford went down to the odd goal in five at home to Dr Martens Eastern Division League leaders Tonbridge Angels on Saturday.'
15. 'All four ties played last weekend in the fourth round of the York FA Sunday Morning Junior Cup were decided by the odd goal.'
16. 'Barmby Moor won a thriller at Ouseburn where they edged home by the odd goal in nine.'
17. 'South Bank won a close game at Civil Service by the odd goal in five.'
18. 'For the last two weeks Dunnington have been unlucky to go down by the odd goal, but at home to Haxby everything went right for them.'
19. 'Division three leaders Bishopthorpe's title hopes took a dent when they went down to the odd goal in seven at Fulford.'

Happening or occurring infrequently and irregularly; occasional.

1. 'They apologised as they fidgeted with the bags and behaved as well as they could but lost their nerve on the odd occasion.'
2. 'However, they quickly dried in the sunshine with just the odd patch of mud remaining.'
3. 'But on the odd occasion they venture outside these extremes, the country descends into chaos.'
4. 'It showed as low tackle followed low tackle, followed by the odd flamboyant dive or five.'
5. 'I'm doing a small site on Ghost Buildings - a unimaginative term for the odd remainders left behind when a building goes down.'
6. 'And although the odd incident used to happen in the past, that number has increased with the number of activities in the area.'
7. 'In the meantime I am eating toast with marmalade every few minutes and the odd meal whenever I can face it.'
8. 'I have to admit, I have milked my abilities on the odd occasion.'
9. 'And, on the odd occasion, he has even been put in as an emergency centre-back.'
10. 'We had the odd drink together but we didn't glam around.'
11. 'when you've got an odd five minutes, could I have a word?'
12. 'What you get are basically four fun, simple little games, that are great to come back to for the odd five minutes of playing.'

Separated from a usual pair or set and therefore out of place or mismatched.

1. 'If the pans remain level, the odd coin is among the 13 set aside.'
2. 'The pace of events has slowed down and we take time for personal maintenance, like washing odd socks.'
3. 'Your muddled brain, full of paperclips and odd socks and dirty cotton wool buds simply cannot function.'
4. 'I've heard of sock heaven for odd socks, but there must be a bookmark heaven for missing bookmarks as I've lost heaps over the years.'

Definitions

1. differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.

2. singular or peculiar in a strange or eccentric way: an odd person; odd manners.

3. fantastic; bizarre: Her taste in clothing was rather odd.

4. leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even): Numbers like 3, 15, and 181 are odd numbers.

5. more or less, especially a little more (used in combination with a round number): I owe three hundred-odd

More examples(as adjective)

"people can be odd in places."

"watches can be odd in terms."

"tranquillities can be odd after riots."

"tranquillities can be odd after arrests."

"reasons can be odd without things."

"popularities can be odd for reasons."

"policies can be odd in/at/on years."

"policies can be odd during lasts."

"places can be odd in things."

"people can be odd in/at/on days."

"people can be odd to people."

"people can be odd in sorts."

"people can be odd in manners."

"people can be odd as rests."

"numbers can be odd by virtues."

"beers can be odd to uninitiateds."

"people can be odd."

"things can be odd."

"jobs can be odd."

"numbers can be odd."

"outs can be odd."

"ways can be odd."

"years can be odd."

"bits can be odd."

"occasions can be odd."

"words can be odd."

"couples can be odd."

"moments can be odd."

"hours can be odd."

"days can be odd."

"times can be odd."

"quids can be odd."

"pounds can be odd."

"twos can be odd."

"lots can be odd."

"looks can be odd."

"feelings can be odd."

"pieces can be odd."

"corners can be odd."

"sensations can be odd."

"places can be odd."

"mixtures can be odd."

"cases can be odd."

"situations can be odd."

"periods can be odd."

"mistakes can be odd."

"goals can be odd."

"games can be odd."

"effects can be odd."

"characters can be odd."

"showers can be odd."

"notes can be odd."

"names can be odd."

"behaviours can be odd."

"socks can be odd."

"items can be odd."

"fish can be odd."

"choices can be odd."

"questions can be odd."

"points can be odd."

"ideas can be odd."

"features can be odd."

"expressions can be odd."

"experiences can be odd."

"chubs can be odd."

"trades can be odd."

"shapes can be odd."

"remarks can be odd."

"noises can be odd."

"lapses can be odd."

"kinds can be odd."

"habits can be odd."

"events can be odd."

"cods can be odd."

"volumes can be odd."

"ups can be odd."

"systems can be odd."

"spots can be odd."

"sorts can be odd."

"shifts can be odd."

"results can be odd."

"relationships can be odd."

"reasons can be odd."

"prizes can be odd."

"moves can be odd."

"lumps can be odd."

"individuals can be odd."

"glasses can be odd."

"errors can be odd."

"circumstances can be odd."

"cars can be odd."

"businesses can be odd."

"aspects can be odd."

"works can be odd."

"voices can be odd."

"turns can be odd."

"tranquillities can be odd."

"stills can be odd."

"sentences can be odd."

"punches can be odd."

"phenomena can be odd."

"parts can be odd."

"messages can be odd."

"markets can be odd."

"letters can be odd."

"fields can be odd."

"facts can be odd."

"drinks can be odd."

"chairs can be odd."

"calls can be odd."

"buybacks can be odd."

"breaks can be odd."

"binges can be odd."

"balls can be odd."

"assortments can be odd."

"thoughts can be odd."

"stores can be odd."

"smiles can be odd."

"senses can be odd."

"nights can be odd."

"mixes can be odd."

"miles can be odd."

"meals can be odd."

"exceptions can be odd."

"coincidences can be odd."

"coalitions can be odd."

"breams can be odd."

"appearances can be odd."

"angles can be odd."

"stories can be odd."

"positions can be odd."

"people/places/organizations can be odd."

"loads can be odd."

"incidents can be odd."

"fellows can be odd."

"ers can be odd."

"dreams can be odd."

"comments can be odd."

"combinations can be odd."

"codlings can be odd."

"yeses can be odd."

"weeks can be odd."

"versions can be odd."

"tipples can be odd."

"stuffs can be odd."

"statistics can be odd."

"sounds can be odd."

"skills can be odd."

"silences can be odd."

"sights can be odd."

"sidelights can be odd."

"sides can be odd."

"scraps can be odd."

"roachs can be odd."

"requests can be odd."

"reactions can be odd."

"projects can be odd."

"postures can be odd."

"plates can be odd."

"plants can be odd."

"phrases can be odd."

"percents can be odd."

"patterns can be odd."

"pairs can be odd."

"pages can be odd."

"orders can be odd."

"nothings can be odd."

"multiples can be odd."

"memories can be odd."

"matches can be odd."

"logics can be odd."

"lines can be odd."

"lights can be odd."

"lectures can be odd."

"laughs can be odd."

"integers can be odd."

"impressions can be odd."

"images can be odd."

"houses can be odd."

"holders can be odd."

"hints can be odd."

"hairs can be odd."

"groups can be odd."

"gestures can be odd."

"foursomes can be odd."

"forms can be odd."

"flounders can be odd."

"films can be odd."

"ends can be odd."

"dips can be odd."

"dabs can be odd."

"cries can be odd."

"creatures can be odd."

"cows can be odd."

"coses can be odd."

"consequences can be odd."

"children can be odd."

"bunches can be odd."

"bumps can be odd."

"buildings can be odd."

"bouts can be odd."

"bottles can be odd."

"beers can be odd."

"bars can be odd."

"balances can be odd."

"articles can be odd."

"amounts can be odd."

"ads can be odd."

"wrinkles can be odd."

"wobbles can be odd."

"winners can be odd."

"whiles can be odd."

"wheels can be odd."

"verses can be odd."

"uses can be odd."

"upsets can be odd."

"twists can be odd."

"twinges can be odd."

"trips can be odd."

"tremors can be odd."

"tones can be odd."

"thumps can be odd."

"theories can be odd."

"teams can be odd."

"tastes can be odd."

"suits can be odd."

"stropheses can be odd."

"stones can be odd."

"statuses can be odd."

"splashes can be odd."

"spellings can be odd."

"spells can be odd."

"spectacles can be odd."

"specimens can be odd."

"songs can be odd."

"snippets can be odd."

"snatches can be odd."

"slaps can be odd."

"skirmishes can be odd."

"skimmers can be odd."

"sites can be odd."

"shorts can be odd."

"shops can be odd."

"shoes can be odd."

"shells can be odd."

"shares can be odd."

"sets can be odd."

"sessions can be odd."

"screws can be odd."

"screens can be odd."

"scenes can be odd."

"saviours can be odd."

"samples can be odd."

"rushes can be odd."

"routes can be odd."

"responses can be odd."

"relics can be odd."

"quirks can be odd."

"props can be odd."

"products can be odd."

"processes can be odd."

"problems can be odd."

"presents can be odd."

"pranks can be odd."

"policies can be odd."

"players can be odd."

"plaices can be odd."

"pictures can be odd."

"pennies can be odd."

"patches can be odd."

"passengers can be odd."

"passages can be odd."

"parties can be odd."

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Origin

Middle English (in odd (sense 2)): from Old Norse odda-, found in combinations such as odda-mathr ‘third or odd man’, from oddi ‘angle’.