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# odd

adjective (odd, odder, oddest); noun in «odds»

«odd» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An odd number cannot be split into two equal whole groups, like 1, 3, 5 or 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#m1)
2. Odd also means strange or unusual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#m2)
3. Odd means not part of a pair or set: an odd sock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#m3)
4. Odd can mean «a few, now and then»: odd jobs, the odd sweet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#m4)
5. «Odd one out» is the one that does not belong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: a kind of number (1, 3, 5, …); also «odd one out»; odd and even numbers alternate on a number line. In everyday life: «an odd sock», «odd jobs», «that's odd». In science: an odd result that does not fit may be a mistake or a discovery. In stories: an odd noise, an odd old man.

### Examples

- Is 7 an odd number? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x1)
- List the odd numbers between 10 and 20. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x2)
- He has an odd number of socks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x3)
- Find the odd one out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x4)
- The houses with odd numbers are on the left side of the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x5)
- There was an odd smell in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x6)
- I have one odd sock without its pair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x7)
- He does odd jobs to earn pocket money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x8)
- That's odd, the door was locked a minute ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x9)
- But odd numbers are sometimes considered unlucky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/#x10)

### Note

Odd numbers end in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9. Odd + odd = even; odd + even = odd; odd × odd = odd. Trap: «odd» as «strange» has nothing to do with numbers. Zero is even, not odd. «Odds» means the chance of something happening.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «odd» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odd/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«odd» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/odd.html) on Mova free.