Phrase · C1 · Neutral to formal · conflicting accounts, views, or requirements
at odds with
at ODZ with Stress odds; keep its final z sound.
In disagreement or conflict with someone, or inconsistent with something.
u sukobu sa; u neskladu sa
Use it
The witness’s description is at odds with the timestamps in the report.
Two sources are inconsistent; the phrase does not identify which is correct.
The partners were at odds over how to divide the costs.
Over introduces the issue people disagree about.
Build the sentence
be at odds with + person or account · be at odds over + issue
Memory scene
Two compasses point in opposite directions. The accounts cannot comfortably guide you the same way.
Watch out
Keep odds plural and use with for the conflicting person or thing. A mismatch does not by itself establish deception or prove a theory false. The odds of winning concerns probability, a different sense.
Nearby language
Focuses on information or behavior that does not fit another source or standard.
Can state a more direct incompatibility between claims; at odds with also covers broader conflict.
Means share an understanding or agreement rather than be in conflict.
Make it yours
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