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Definition of odds-on in English:

odds-on

adjective ɒdzˈɒnˌɑdz ˈɑn
  • 1(especially of a horse) rated as more likely than evens to win.

    the odds-on favourite
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I mean, I don't see any clear, odds-on favorite.
    • Don't count the dark horses out of the race - remember that O'Connor herself was not the odds-on favorite 24 years ago.
    • Alas, there's a slight complication: despite being Martin's odds-on favourite, Johnny hasn't won the nomination yet.
    • Redwood Style at 4/5 was the surprise odds-on favourite for the sixth race over 575 yards.
    • Obviously, Gephardt would be the odds-on favorite in Iowa.
    • Despite his team's late start, the 22-year-old driver from Kilgore, Texas, is the odds-on favorite to win the national championship.
    • It was the first open win of the season for the Oxenholme-based four-year-old and odds-on favourite Sunny Bay was third.
    • At 75 years old, Harry was still the odds-on favorite to win the tournaments at the Obelisk.
    • Shandi's the odds-on favorite and Yoanna's the dark horse.
    • Environmental studies is the odds-on favourite to be the next to go, likely to Elmira - that paragon of clean water.
    • The team is perched atop the Pacific International Junior Hockey League standings and odds-on favourites to repeat as playoff champions.
    • They came to Portlaoise as odds-on favourites to win and had to produce the goods.
    • Well, Germany is the odds-on favorite to win tomorrow's World Cup Quarter Final in Seoul, but an ambitious American team feels it has nothing to lose.
    • Howard Dean looks to be the odds-on favorite to lead the party.
    • Crosby is a 15-year-old phenom from Nova Scotia who is the odds-on favourite to be the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL draft.
    • The formbook suggests it is a one horse race with the Worth Valley side odds-on favourites.
    • They have to be the odds-on favorite to win the Super Bowl now.
    • The six-year-old finished second behind odds-on favourite October Mist, trained by Mary Reveley, at Wetherby earlier this month.
    • Spending $10 million to clobber Riordan, Davis is definitely got to be the odds-on favorite.
    • Mutharika is seen as the odds-on favourite to win the presidency, mainly because the opposition has been unable to unite behind a single candidate.
    1. 1.1 Very likely to happen or succeed.
      it seemed odds-on that Jones would add another century to his 157
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Cobblers would certainly be odds-on to complete the promotion that most pundits predicted back in August.
      • The mare is expected to start odds-on today and those connected with the principal opposition are under no illusions as to the task facing them.
      • But the Irishman believes two-time Gold Cup winner Best Mate, who is odds-on for the hat-trick, is better than ever this year.
      • He looks unlikely to grab the prize as Anthony Hutton is the red-hot favourite and is now odds-on to win at 4-5.
      • At Goodwood today, it is odds-on that a horse will equal a feat not seen in 30 years.
      Synonyms
      probable, distinctly possible, to be expected, on, possible, credible, plausible, believable, within the bounds of possibility, imaginable

Rhymes

aide-de-camp, aides-de-camp, anon, Asunción, au courant, begone, Bonn, bon vivant, Caen, Canton, Carcassonne, Ceylon, chaconne, chateaubriand, ci-devant, Colón, colon, Concepción, con (US conn), cretonne, don, Duchamp, Evonne, foregone, fromage blanc, Gabon, Garonne, gone, guenon, hereupon, Inchon, Jean, john, Jon, Le Mans, León, Luzon, Mont Blanc, Narbonne, on, outgone, outshone, Perón, phon, piñon, Pinot Blanc, plafond, Ramón, Saigon, Saint-Saëns, Sand, Schwann, scone, shone, side-on, sine qua non, Sorbonne, spot-on, swan, thereon, thereupon, ton, Toulon, undergone, upon, Villon, wan, whereon, whereupon, won, wonton, yon, Yvonne
 
 

Definition of odds-on in US English:

odds-on

adjectiveˌɑdz ˈɑnˌädz ˈän
  • (especially of a horse) rated as most likely to win.

    the odds-on favorite
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The team is perched atop the Pacific International Junior Hockey League standings and odds-on favourites to repeat as playoff champions.
    • Mutharika is seen as the odds-on favourite to win the presidency, mainly because the opposition has been unable to unite behind a single candidate.
    • Well, Germany is the odds-on favorite to win tomorrow's World Cup Quarter Final in Seoul, but an ambitious American team feels it has nothing to lose.
    • They came to Portlaoise as odds-on favourites to win and had to produce the goods.
    • They have to be the odds-on favorite to win the Super Bowl now.
    • Crosby is a 15-year-old phenom from Nova Scotia who is the odds-on favourite to be the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL draft.
    • Spending $10 million to clobber Riordan, Davis is definitely got to be the odds-on favorite.
    • At 75 years old, Harry was still the odds-on favorite to win the tournaments at the Obelisk.
    • Environmental studies is the odds-on favourite to be the next to go, likely to Elmira - that paragon of clean water.
    • It was the first open win of the season for the Oxenholme-based four-year-old and odds-on favourite Sunny Bay was third.
    • Don't count the dark horses out of the race - remember that O'Connor herself was not the odds-on favorite 24 years ago.
    • The six-year-old finished second behind odds-on favourite October Mist, trained by Mary Reveley, at Wetherby earlier this month.
    • Redwood Style at 4/5 was the surprise odds-on favourite for the sixth race over 575 yards.
    • Alas, there's a slight complication: despite being Martin's odds-on favourite, Johnny hasn't won the nomination yet.
    • Obviously, Gephardt would be the odds-on favorite in Iowa.
    • Howard Dean looks to be the odds-on favorite to lead the party.
    • Despite his team's late start, the 22-year-old driver from Kilgore, Texas, is the odds-on favorite to win the national championship.
    • I mean, I don't see any clear, odds-on favorite.
    • The formbook suggests it is a one horse race with the Worth Valley side odds-on favourites.
    • Shandi's the odds-on favorite and Yoanna's the dark horse.
 
 
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