odds-on favourite

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• (the) odds-on favourite — the odds on favourite phrase the person or animal that people think is certain to win a race or competition Nicole Kidman was the odds on favourite to win the Best Actress Oscar. Thesaurus: participants in games and competitionshyponym to defeat… …   Useful english dictionary

• the odds-on favourite — the person or animal that people think is certain to win a race or competition Nicole Kidman was the odds on favourite to win the Best Actress Oscar …   English dictionary

• odds-on — UK US adjective ► thought most likely to happen, succeed, or do a particular thing: odds on to do sth »He is odds on to serve another term as president of the Commission. odds on for sth »Next month looks odds on for a further rise in interest… …   Financial and business terms

• odds-on — adj 1.) odds on favourite the person, horse etc that is most likely to win a race or other competition 2.) BrE informal very likely it s odds on (that) ▪ It s odds on that she won t come. be odds on to do sth ▪ They must have felt they were odds… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• odds-on — adjective having a better than even chance of success the odds on favorite • Similar to: ↑unequal * * * I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: odds + on, adverb 1. a. : that is more lik …   Useful english dictionary

• favourite — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favorite) noun 1 sb/sth that you like more than others ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, big, firm (BrE), great, hands down (AmE), huge (esp. BrE), particular …   Collocations dictionary

• odds-on — /ˈɒdz ɒn / (say odz on) adjective 1. (of a bet) wagered at odds of less than one to one; less than even money: Rainbow was the odds on favourite. –phrase Also, be odds on. 2. be odds on, Colloquial to be extremely likely: it s odds on I ll be… …  

• odds-on — UK / US adjective informal very likely it is odds on (that): It s odds on that Gerry ll miss the meeting again. be odds on to do something: Pearson is odds on to play against Manchester United on Saturday. • the odds on favourite …   English dictionary

• odds-on — also odds on ADJ If there is an odds on chance that something will happen, it is very likely that it will happen. [INFORMAL] Gerald was no longer the odds on favourite to win the contest... It was odds on that there was no killer …   English dictionary

• odds-on — adjective 1 the odds on favourite a competitor that is very likely to win, especially a horse in a race 2 informal it s odds on (that) used to say that something is very likely to happen: It s odds on that she won t come …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• odds — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, impossible, incredible, insurmountable, overwhelming, terrible ▪ She struggled against terrible odds to overcome her illness …   Collocations dictionary