Odd

/ɒd/ · adjective

Meaning

Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected..

Definitions by Sense

1. Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
2. (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
3. (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
4. (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
5. (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
6. (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
7. (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
8. (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.

Example Sentences

She slept in, which was very odd.

We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

Jena Janovy is a strange bird—a college basketball player who is a) female and b) short (5 feet 3 inches) and, perhaps oddest of all, lets neither of those things dampen her rabid enthusiasm for the game.

Did Mary (I thought it was odd that they always called her Mary even though her name was Mary Anne, and odder that Mom refused to correct them) have time for some questions?

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

My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.

Itm , lxij almond rivetts. Almain rivetts, a sort of light armour having sleeves of mail, or iron plates, rivetted, with braces for the defence of the arms. Itm, one odd back for an almond rivett.

I'm the odd one out.

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• odder
• oddest
• odds

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