against overwhelming odds
1odds — [ adz ] noun plural ** 1. ) the chances of something happening: the odds of doing something: The odds of getting hit by a falling satellite are very small. (the) odds are (that) (=it is likely that): The odds are they won t succeed. the odds are… …
2odds */*/ — UK [ɒdz] / US [ɑdz] noun [plural] 1) the chances of something happening the odds of doing something: The odds of getting hit by a falling satellite are very small. (the) odds are (that) (= it is likely that): The odds are they won t succeed. the… …
3odds — S3 [ɔdz US a:dz] n [plural] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(probability)¦ 2¦(difficulties)¦ 3 be at odds 4¦(horse racing etc)¦ 5 it makes no odds 6 pay over the odds ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(PROBABILITY)¦ the odds how lik …
4odds — n. allowance designed to equalize a bettor s chances 1) to give, lay odds 2) to accept, take odds 3) to buck ( oppose ) the odds disadvantages 4) to beat the odds 5) considerable, formidable, great, heavy, hopeless, long. overwhelming odds 6)… …
5Odds — For the alternative rock band, see Odds (band). Odds against redirects here. For the 1966 documentary film, see The Odds Against. The odds in favor of an event or a proposition are expressed as the ratio of a pair of integers, which is the ratio… …
6odds — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, impossible, incredible, insurmountable, overwhelming, terrible ▪ She struggled against terrible odds to overcome her illness …
7overwhelming */ — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈwelmɪŋ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈhwelmɪŋ] adjective 1) much larger, stronger, more important etc than anything else in a situation overwhelming majority: An overwhelming majority voted against his proposal. overwhelming odds …
8overwhelming — o|ver|whelm|ing [ ,ouvər welmıŋ, ,ouvər hwelmıŋ ] adjective * 1. ) much larger, stronger, more important, etc. than anything else in a situation: overwhelming majority: An overwhelming majority voted against his proposal. overwhelming odds: The… …
9overwhelming — o|ver|whelm|ing [ˌəuvəˈwelmıŋ US ˌouvər ] adj 1.) having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react ▪ an overwhelming sense of guilt ▪ She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him. ▪ She found the city quite… …
10odds — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1520 1. a. archaic inequalities b. obsolete degree of unlikeness 2. a. an amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another < won the election by considerable odds > b …
