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average

adjective · noun · verb

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average out

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mean

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median

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common

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moderate

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01adjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

“the average income in New England is below that of the nation”

“of average height for his age”

02adjective

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

“average people”

“the ordinary (or common) man in the street”

03adjective

lacking exceptional quality or ability

“a novel of average merit”

“only a fair performance of the sonata”

04adjective

around the middle of a scale of evaluation

“an orange of average size”

“intermediate capacity”

8 more meanings

05adjective

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

“the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30”

06adjective

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)

“the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20”

“the median income for the year was $15,000”

07noun

a statistic describing the location of a distribution

“it set the norm for American homes”

08noun

(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

09noun

an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

“he is about average in height”

“the snowfall this month is below average”

10verb

amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

“The number of hours I work per week averages out to 40”

11verb

achieve or reach on average

“He averaged a C”

12verb

compute the average of

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