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    Odd One Out: Ms Sulekha Varma Career Skills (Verbal)

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    This document defines and provides examples of the term "odd one out". It explains that an odd one out is something or someone in a group that is different or exceptional and does not fit with the other items. Visual puzzles often involve identifying the odd one out item that does not match the others. The document then lists various definitions of the word "odd" and provides context for how it relates to the meaning of an odd one out - something unusual, peculiar, or not part of a matched set.

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    This document defines and provides examples of the term "odd one out". It explains that an odd one out is something or someone in a group that is different or exceptional and does not fit with the other items. Visual puzzles often involve identifying the odd one out item that does not match the others. The document then lists various definitions of the word "odd" and provides context for how it relates to the meaning of an odd one out - something unusual, peculiar, or not part of a matched set.

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    This document defines and provides examples of the term "odd one out". It explains that an odd one out is something or someone in a group that is different or exceptional and does not fit with the other items. Visual puzzles often involve identifying the odd one out item that does not match the others. The document then lists various definitions of the word "odd" and provides context for how it relates to the meaning of an odd one out - something unusual, peculiar, or not part of a matched set.

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    Odd One Out: Ms Sulekha Varma Career Skills (Verbal)

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    This document defines and provides examples of the term "odd one out". It explains that an odd one out is something or someone in a group that is different or exceptional and does not fit with the other items. Visual puzzles often involve identifying the odd one out item that does not match the others. The document then lists various definitions of the word "odd" and provides context for how it relates to the meaning of an odd one out - something unusual, peculiar, or not part of a matched set.

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    Odd one out

     Ms Sulekha Varma
     Career Skills (Verbal)
    Odd one out

    Something or someone in a group that is different or exceptional, that does not fit.
    A visual puzzle where the guesser has to choose which word/picture/symbol etc. does not
    fit with the others.
    Example of odd words

     1. unusual or peculiar in appearance, character, etc


     2. occasional, incidental, or random: odd jobs.
     3. leftover or additional: odd bits of wool.
     4. (Mathematics)
     a. not divisible by two
     b. represented or indicated by a number that is not divisible by two: graphs are on odd
    pages. Compare even17
     5. being part of a matched pair or set when the other or others are missing: an odd sock;
    odd volumes.
     6. (in combination) used to designate an indefinite quantity more than the quantity
    specified in round numbers: fifty-odd pounds.
     7. out-of-the-way or secluded: odd corners.
     8. (Mathematics) maths (of a function) changing sign but not absolute value when the
    sign of the independent variable is changed, as in y=x3. See even113
     9. odd man out a person or thing excluded from others forming a group, unit, etc
     10. (Golf) golf
     a. one stroke more than the score of one's opponent
     b. an advantage or handicap of one stroke added to or taken away from a player's score
     11. a thing or person that is odd in sequence or number
    Odd
     1. differing in nature from what is usual or expected: an odd creature; an odd choice.
     2. peculiar or eccentric: an odd person.
     3. fantastic; bizarre: an odd taste in clothing.
     4. leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even): 3, 15, and
    181 are odd numbers.
     5. more or less, esp. a little more (used in combination with a round number): I owe three
    hundred-odd dollars.
     6. being part of a pair, set, or series of which the rest is lacking: an odd glove.
     7. remaining after all others are paired, grouped, or divided into equal numbers or parts: Who
    gets the odd burger?
     8. not forming part of any particular group, set, or class: to pick up odd bits of information.
     9. not regular or full-time; occasional: odd jobs.
     10. Math. (of a function) having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent
    variable is changed at the same time.

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