ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Odds-on

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Odds-on is an adjective meaning Having a chance of winning that is better than even.

Meaning

Having a chance of winning that is better than even.

More Meanings

  1. In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked.
  2. (colloquial) Very likely.

Example Sentences

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.
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.
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.”

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include likely, chanceable, bettable, high, possible, advantaged.

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