"odds" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɑdz/ [US], /ɒdz/ [UK] Forms: [singular], odds [plural]
Head templates: {{noun2}} [POS TABLE]
  1. In statistics, the odds are the chance something will happen divided by the chance it will not happen:
    If "p" is the odds it will happen: p/(1-p)
    Sense id: simple-odds-en-noun-MaImFzzD Categories (other): Mathematics
  2. In statistics, the odds are the chance something will happen divided by the chance it will not happen:
    The odds something will not happen: (1-p)/p
    Sense id: simple-odds-en-noun-NawZucDC Categories (other): Mathematics
  3. The odds of something happening are the chances it will happen.
    Sense id: simple-odds-en-noun-PKtmAu1R Categories (other): Colloquial
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