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List of meaning for average

ordinary; not very special

average, norm(noun)

a statistic describing the location of a distribution

"it set the norm for American homes"

average(noun)

(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

average(adj)

an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

"he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average"

average, mean(a)(adj)

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"; "the mean annual rainfall"

average, ordinary(adj)

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

"average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

average, fair, mediocre, middling(adj)

lacking exceptional quality or ability

"a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

average, intermediate, medium(adj)

around the middle of a scale of evaluation

"an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"

modal(a), average(adj)

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

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

median(a), average(verb)

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"

average, average out(verb)

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

"The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

average(verb)

achieve or reach on average

"He averaged a C"

average, average out(verb)

compute the average of

being about midway between extremes of amount or size

since a Chihuahua seems as impractical as a Saint Bernard, let's get a dog of more average dimensions

being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events

just an average day at the office

having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind

the company's marketing people want to interview average teenagers to see what kinds of clothes appeal to them

what is typical of a group, class, or series

my cat's a cut above the average when it comes to being a finicky eater

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