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average

noun

1 average

A statistic describing the location of a distribution.

synonym: norm.

Roget 29: mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium, mediocrity, generality; golden mean etc. (mid-course) 628; middle etc. ... show more

Dutch: gemiddelde
Polish: średnia

2 average

sports The ratio of successful performances to opportunities.

3 average

An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual.

verb

1 average

Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain:
— The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40.

synonym: average out.

2 average

Achieve or reach on average.

3 average

Compute the average of.

synonym: average out.

adjective

1 average

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.

synonym: mean.

Roget 29: mean, intermediate; middle etc. 68; average; neutral.    mediocre, middle-class; commonplace etc. (unimportant) 643.    ... show more

Roget 68: middle, medial, mesial [Med.], mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate etc. (interjacent) 228; ... show more

Polish: przeciętny, średni

2 average

Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered:
— Average people.

synonym: ordinary.

Polish: zwyczajny, zwykły

3 average

Lacking exceptional quality or ability:
— A novel of average merit.
— The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average.

synonyms: fair, mediocre, middling.

Roget 651: imperfect; not perfect etc. 650; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; ... show more

4 average

Around the middle of a scale of evaluation:
— An orange of average size.

synonyms: intermediate, medium.

5 average

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

synonym: modal.

6 average

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).

synonym: median.


Moby thesaurus: Everyman, Public, accustomed, amidships, as a rule, average man, average out, avoid extremes, balance, banal, besetting, bisect, bourgeois, center, central, common, common man, common run, commonplace, conventional ... show more.

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