Standard Lemma guide

od

name · noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌoʊˈdiː/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iː
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɒd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɑd/
  • rhymes with -ɒd
  • homophone: odd
  • Received-Pronunciation: /əʊd/
  • General-American: /ɔd/
  • General-American: /oʊd/
  • rhymes with -əʊd
  • rhymes with -ɔd
  • homophone: ode

1

name

Meaning 1

Abbreviation of Odisha: a state of India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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2

name

Meaning 2

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan and Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi and Rajasthan in India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

(Euphemistic form of) God.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, regional

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A hypothetical force or natural power, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, attributive, historical

Topics: pseudoscience

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: odyl, odyle

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of overdose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of Doctor of Optometry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Qualifier: professional degree

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of overdrive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of overdraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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9

noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of optical density.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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10

noun

Meaning 10

(of a pipe, tube, or shaft) Initialism of outer diameter or outside diameter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, manufacturing

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: ID

11

noun

Meaning 11

Initialism of olive drab (“color of clothing, uniforms, tools, and equipment”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Qualifier: on road signs

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Initialism of organization development.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: management

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14

noun

Meaning 14

Alternative letter-case form of od.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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15

verb

Meaning 15

Abbreviation of overdose (to take an overdose).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, informal

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16

noun

Meaning 16

the right eye

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oculus dexter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eye, oculus, optic

17

noun

Meaning 17

a doctor's degree in optometry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Doctor of Optometry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: doctor's degree, doctorate

History

Etymology

From Od اوڊ (Od).

Alteration of God.

Borrowed from German Od, arbitrarily coined by the German scientist and philosopher Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869).

See od.