average

/ævərɪdʒ/ adjectiveverbnoun
7 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®13 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS12
ADJECTIVE
1

Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered.

“average people”

2

Around the middle of a scale of evaluation.

“an orange of average size”

3

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”

4

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).

5

Lacking exceptional quality or ability.

“a novel of average merit”

“the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average”

6

Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.

VERB
1

Achieve or reach on average.

“He averaged a C”

2

Compute the average of.

3

Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain.

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

NOUN
1

An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual.

“he is about average in height”

“the snowfall this month is below average”

2

(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities.

3

A statistic describing the location of a distribution.

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