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- pronunciation:
- ad
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
odder, oddest |
| definition 1: |
When something is odd, it is different from what is expected or usual. It is strange.
Chloe thought the cookies she baked tasted odd. Then she realized she accidentally used the wrong spice.My mom said the "Fluffy" was an odd name for a turtle.- synonyms:
- curious, funny, peculiar, strange, unusual, weird
- antonyms:
- normal, ordinary, regular, usual
- similar words:
- rare, singular, unique
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| definition 2: |
When you have an odd sock, it means that you have only one of a pair of socks.
There was an odd shoe in the living room because our dog likes to carry shoes around the house.It always seems as if there is one odd sock left in the laundry basket every time Jack's dad does the laundry.- synonyms:
- single
- similar words:
- extra
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| definition 3: |
An odd number is a number that can't be divided exactly by two. Three, nine, eleven, and five are some of the odd numbers.
All the mailboxes on our side of the street have odd numbers.The students had to divide into groups of two, but because the class had an odd number of students, one group had to have three people.- antonyms:
- even
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| related words: |
alien, extraordinary, fantastic, unusual |
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| derivations: |
oddly (adv.), oddness (n.) |
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