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Quick definitions from WordNet (average)
▸ noun: a statistic describing the location of a distribution
▸ verb: achieve or reach on average ("He averaged a C")
▸ verb: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain ("The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40")
▸ verb: compute the average of
▸ adjective: around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures ("An orange of average size")
▸ adjective: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value ("The average income in New England is below that of the nation")
▸ adjective: of no exceptional quality or ability ("A novel of average merit")
▸ adjective: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered ("Average people")
▸ adjective: relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set)
▸ adjective: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
▸ Also see averaging
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▸ noun: a statistic describing the location of a distribution
▸ verb: achieve or reach on average ("He averaged a C")
▸ verb: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain ("The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40")
▸ verb: compute the average of
▸ adjective: around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures ("An orange of average size")
▸ adjective: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value ("The average income in New England is below that of the nation")
▸ adjective: of no exceptional quality or ability ("A novel of average merit")
▸ adjective: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered ("Average people")
▸ adjective: relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set)
▸ adjective: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
▸ Also see averaging
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to average
▸ Usage examples for average
▸ Idioms related to average (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing average
▸ Popular nouns described by average
▸ Words that often appear near average
▸ Rhymes of average
▸ Invented words related to average