odds

probabilità, possibilità

Quanto è probabile che qualcosa accada.

In inglese semplice: How likely something is to happen.

• The odds are good.
• She survived against all the odds.
• What are the odds of meeting him here?

Come si usa: odds of doing something (What are the odds of finding a taxi here?); odds are that… (The odds are that we will arrive late.)

Sinonimi: chances, likelihood, probability

Espressioni comuni: against the odds, improve the odds, odds of success

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Numeri che indicano quanto si può vincere rispetto alla somma scommessa.

In inglese semplice: Numbers showing how much money you can win compared with the amount you bet.

• Check the odds before betting.
• They offered better odds on the second horse.
• He won at odds of twenty to one.

Come si usa: odds of X to Y (The bookmaker offered odds of five to one.); at odds of X to Y (She backed the horse at odds of ten to one.)

Sinonimi: betting prices

Espressioni comuni: betting odds, short odds, long odds

vantaggio, handicap

Vantaggio concesso al giocatore più debole per rendere la partita più equilibrata.

In inglese semplice: An advantage given to a weaker player to make a game more equal.

• She gave me rook odds.
• Even with knight odds, I lost the game.
• They agreed on pawn odds before starting.

Come si usa: give someone odds (The stronger player gave me odds by removing a rook.)

Sinonimi: handicap, advantage

Espressioni comuni: knight odds, rook odds, give odds