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At Odds

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Adjective

1. at odds, conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory

in disagreement

Example Sentences:
'the figures are at odds with our findings'
'contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

At Odds

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a. 
on bad terms
b. 
appearing not to correspond or match
the silvery hair was at odds with her youthful shape

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At Odds

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in disagreement; quarreling

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

At Odds

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pl.n.
1. A certain number of points given beforehand to a weaker side in a contest to equalize the chances of all participants.
2.
a. The ratio of the probability of an event's occurring to the probability of its not occurring.
b. The likelihood of the occurrence of one thing rather than the occurrence of another thing, as in a contest: The odds are that she will get the nomination on the first ballot.
3. Games A ratio expressing the amount by which the stake of one bettor differs from that of an opposing bettor.
4. An amount or degree by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another: won the contest by considerable odds.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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