Meaning of average
Definition of average
(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"
lacking
special
distinction, rank, or status;
commonly
encountered; "average people"; "the
ordinary
(or common) man in the street"
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"
around
the
middle
of a
scale
of evaluation; "an
orange
of
average
size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
relating to or constituting the
most
frequent
value
in a distribution; "the
modal
age at which American novelists
reach
their
peak
is 30"
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"
(noun)
a
statistic
describing the
location
of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
(sports) the
ratio
of
successful
performances to opportunities
an
intermediate
scale
value
regarded as
normal
or usual; "he is
about
average
in height"; "the
snowfall
this
month
is
below
average"
(verb)
amount
to or
come
to an average, without
loss
or gain; "The
number
of
hours
I
work
per
work
averages out to 40"
achieve
or
reach
on average; "He averaged a C"
compute
the
average
of
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