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Odd Adjective Garip  /ɒd   Odder Oddest Tuhaf Strange

Level B1 
Kind adjective
Front odd 
IPA  /ɒd   / adjective (odder; oddest)
Back tuhaf; garip
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odd (adjective)

 /ɒd   / adjective (odder; oddest)
 
STRANGE
1 strange; unusual
tuhaf; garip
 There's something odd about him.
 It's a bit odd that she didn't phone to say she couldn't come.
SYNONYM PECULIAR
 2 (odd-)
 [in compounds]
strange or unusual in the way mentioned
garip
 an odd-sounding name
NOT REGULAR
3 [only before a noun]
not regular or fixed; happening sometimes
düzensiz
 He makes the odd mistake, but nothing very serious.
VARIOUS
4 [only before a noun]
that is left after other similar things have been used
artık
 He made the bookshelves out of a few odd bits of wood.
NOT MATCHING
5 not with the pair or set it belongs to; not matching
 (çorap, terlik vb.) tek
 You're wearing odd socks.
NUMBER
6 a number that cannot be divided by two
 (sayı) tek
 One, three, five and seven are all odd numbers.
OPPOSITE EVEN1
APPROXIMATELY
7 (usually used after a number) a little more than
küsur
 ‘How old do you think he is?’ ‘Well, he must be thirty-odd, I suppose.’
IDIOM
the odd man/one out
one that is different from all the others in a group
farklı
 Her brothers and sisters were much older than she was. She was always the odd one out.
 

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