odd

CEFRA2

/ɒd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Strange or unusual.

  2. 02

    adjective

    A number that cannot be divided evenly by two.

Examples

  • Even times odd is even, odd times odd is odd.

  • Odd numbers alternate with even ones.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.

  2. Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

  3. Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.

More examples

In context

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

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

  • She slept in, which was very odd.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").