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odd one out Definition


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odd
adj
    1. Left over when others are put into groups or pairs; remaining.
      Thesaurus: remaining, exceeding, left-over.
    2. Not matching.
      Example: odd socks
    3. Not one of a complete set.
    4. math.
      Said of a whole number: not exactly divisible by two, eg three is an odd number. Compare even.
    5. Said of pages, etc that are numbered consecutively: referring to one with an odd number.
      Example: put pictures on the odd pages
    odder, oddest
    6. Unusual; strange.
      Example: an odd face
      Thesaurus: unusual, unique, atypical, abnormal, different, bizarre, queer, curious, singular; Antonym: regular.
    7. Occasional; not regular; casual.
    8. A little more than the specified number.
      Example: twenty-odd replies
    9. Said of a place: out of the way; standing apart.
noun
    1. golf.
      A stroke that makes a player's total number of strokes for a particular hole one more than their opponent's.
Derivative: oddish
adj
    Derivative: oddly
      In an odd way or manner.
      Strangely; surprisingly.
        Example: Oddly, he refused to stay
    Derivative: oddness
    noun
      Idiom: odd man out (odd one out)
        Someone that is set apart or in some way different from, and sometimes unwilling to be like, others forming a particular group.
        A person or thing left over when a team or a set, etc has been formed. See also odds.
      Etymology: 14c: from Norse oddi point, triangle or odd number.



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