odd — EN↔HI

odd

/ɒd ऑड्‌/ adj.

1 strange; unusual विचित्र; असाधारण

There’s something odd about him.

It’s a bit odd that she didn’t phone to say she couldn’t come.

✪ पर्याय peculiar

2 odd- (used to form compound adjectives)] strange or unusual in the way mentioned निर्दिष्ट प्रकार से विचित्र या असाधारण

an odd-sounding name

3 (only before a noun)] not regular or fixed; happening sometimes जो व्‍यवस्थित या निश्‍चित न हो; कभी-कभी होने वाला

He makes the odd mistake, but nothing very serious.

4 (only before a noun)] that is left after other similar things have been used अन्‍य सदृश वस्‍तुओं के प्रयोग से बचा हुआ; अवशिष्‍ट

He made the bookshelves out of a few odd bits of wood.

5 not with the pair or set it belongs to; not matching जो अपने युग्‍म या सेट से जुड़ा न हो, वियुग्‍म, इकल्‍ला; मेल न खाने वाला, अनमेल

You’re wearing odd socks.

6 (used about a number) that cannot be divided by two (संख्‍या) विषम (जो दो से विभक्त न हो सके)

One, three, five and seven are all odd numbers.

✪ विलोम even

7 (usually used after a number) a little more than (प्रायः किसी संख्‍या के बाद प्रयुक्त) किसी से कुछ अधिक

‘How old do you think he is?’ ‘Well, he must be thirty-odd, I suppose.’

▶ oddly adv. विचित्र रूप से (विचित्र बात है कि)

Oddly enough, the most expensive tickets sold fastest.

▶ oddness noun [U] विचित्रता

IDM

the odd man/one out one that is different from all the others in a group वर्ग के अन्‍य सदस्‍यों से भिन्‍न, अलग-थलग पड़ा (व्‍यक्ति)

Her brothers and sisters were much older than she was. She was always the odd one out.