- strange or unusual
- They're very odd people.
- There's something odd about that man.
- That painting looks very odd.
- a teenage girl with rather odd hair
- After a while she noticed something quite odd.
- When we got inside something struck me as odd.
- It's an odd little movie.
- it is/seems odd that… It seems odd that nobody noticed anything wrong.
- It's most odd that (= very odd that) she hasn't written.
- The odd thing was that he didn't recognize me.
- it is odd to do something It's odd to think I will never see her again.
Extra Examples- I didn't think it odd at the time.
- I find it odd that she takes so long to do that job.
- She had the oddest feeling that he was avoiding her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- how odd
- it is odd to think
- something odd
- …
- (in compounds) strange or unusual in the way mentioned
- an odd-looking house
- an odd-sounding name
- (no comparative or superlative) (of numbers) that cannot be divided exactly by the number two
- 1, 3, 5 and 7 are odd numbers.
- Each section may have an odd or even number of players.
- the odd[only before noun] (no comparative or superlative) happening or appearing occasionally; not happening often synonym occasional
- He makes the odd mistake—nothing too serious.
- [only before noun] (no comparative or superlative) of no particular type or size; various
- decorations made of odd scraps of paper
- [usually before noun] (no comparative or superlative) not with the pair or set that it belongs to; not matching
- You're wearing odd socks!
- [only before noun] available; that somebody can use synonym spare
- Could I see you when you've got an odd moment?
- (no comparative or superlative; usually placed immediately after a number) approximately or a little more than the number mentioned
- How old is she—seventy odd?
- He's worked there for twenty-odd years.
strange
odd-
numbers
not regular/often
various
not matching
available
approximately
Word OriginMiddle English (in the numerical sense): from Old Norse odda-, found in combinations such as odda-mathr ‘third or odd man’, from oddi ‘angle’.
Idioms
See odd in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee odd in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe odd man/one out
- a person or thing that is different from others or does not fit easily into a group or set
- At school he was always the odd man out.
- Dog, cat, horse, shoe—which is the odd one out?
an odd/a queer fish
- (old-fashioned, British English) a person who is slightly strange or crazy
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