average
adjective
1. 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
2. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- average people
Similar word(s): common, ordinary
3. lacking exceptional quality or ability
- a novel of average merit
- the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
Similar word(s): ordinary, fair, mediocre, middling
4. around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- an orange of average size
Similar word(s): moderate, intermediate, medium
5. relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Similar word(s): normal, modal
6. 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)
Similar word(s): normal, median
Sentences with average as an adjective:
- The average age of the participants was 18.5.
- I soon found I was only an average chess player.
- The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.
noun
1. a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Similar word(s): norm
Definition categories: thought, statistic
2. (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
Definition categories: link, ratio
3. an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
- he is about average in height
- the snowfall this month is below average
Definition categories: thought
Sentences with average as a noun:
- The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
- batting average
verb
1. amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
- The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
Definition categories: stative, amount, come, number, total
2. achieve or reach on average
- He averaged a C
Definition categories: social, accomplish, achieve, attain, reach
3. compute the average of
Definition categories: cognition, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon
Sentences with average as a verb:
- If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.
- The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.
- to average a loss