odds-on in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more odds-on",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most odds-on",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having a chance of winning that is better than even."
      ],
      "id": "en-odds-on-en-adj-cnGdbcbZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "winning",
          "winning"
        ],
        [
          "even",
          "even"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked."
      ],
      "id": "en-odds-on-en-adj-huDis8s3",
      "links": [
        [
          "won",
          "won"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, New Commonwealth, volume 44, page 385",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very likely."
      ],
      "id": "en-odds-on-en-adj-0t8y~vTg",
      "links": [
        [
          "likely",
          "likely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Very likely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "odds-on"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more odds-on",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most odds-on",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "odds-on (comparative more odds-on, superlative most odds-on)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having a chance of winning that is better than even."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "winning",
          "winning"
        ],
        [
          "even",
          "even"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In which the amount won on a bet is less than the amount staked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "won",
          "won"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1966, New Commonwealth, volume 44, page 385",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very likely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "likely",
          "likely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Very likely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "odds-on"
}

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"odds-on" meaning in English

Adjective