average
av·er·age
(ăv′ər-ĭj, ăv′rĭj)n.
1. Mathematics
a. A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.
2.
a. An intermediate level or degree: near the average in size.
b. The usual or ordinary kind or quality: Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.
3. Sports The ratio of a team's or player's successful performances such as wins, hits, or goals, divided by total opportunities for successful performance, such as games, times at bat, or shots: finished the season with a .500 average; a batting average of .274.
4. Law
a. The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.
b. The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.
c. The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.
d. A charge incurred through such a loss.
5. Nautical Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.
adj.
1. Mathematics Of, relating to, or constituting an average.
2. Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale: a movie of average length; a player of average ability.
3. Usual or ordinary in kind or character: a poll of average people; average eyesight.
4. Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.
v. av·er·aged, av·er·ag·ing, av·er·ag·es
v.tr.
1. Mathematics To calculate the average of: average a set of numbers.
2. To do or have an average of: averaged three hours of work a day.
3. To distribute proportionately: average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.
v.intr.
To be or amount to an average: Some sparrows are six inches long, but they average smaller. Our expenses averaged out to 45 dollars per day.
average down
To purchase shares of the same security at successively lower prices in order to reduce the average price of one's position.
average up
To purchase shares of the same security at successively higher prices in order to achieve a larger position at an average price that is lower than the current market value.
[Early Modern English, damage to a ship or its cargo, equitable distribution of the expenses from such damage, average, from Middle English, charge above the cost of freight, from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria, duty, from Arabic 'awārīya, damaged goods, from 'awār, blemish, from 'awira, to be damaged; see ʕwr in Semitic roots.]
av′er·age·ly adv.
av′er·age·ness n.
Synonyms: average, medium, mediocre, middling, fair1, acceptable, indifferent, tolerable
These adjectives indicate a middle position on a scale of evaluation. Average and medium apply to what is midway between extremes and imply both sufficiency and lack of distinction: a novel of average merit; a digital recording of medium quality.
Mediocre and middling stress the undistinguished aspect of what is average: "The caliber of the students ... has gone from mediocre to above average" (Judy Pasternak)."Every writer creates weak, middling and strong work" (Frank Conroy).
What is fair or acceptable is satisfactory or moderately good but has room for improvement: a fair chance of winning; an acceptable grade on the test.
Indifferent means neither good nor bad and suggests a detached or resigned acceptance of such a status: "Burningham was an indifferent student at every school he attended ... and he preferred to be out of doors" (Andrea Cleghorn).
Something tolerable is good enough under the circumstances, but barely: "Tennyson ... suffered ... from illness fears, particularly of going blind, though he lived into his eighties with tolerable eyesight" (Carla Cantor).
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average
(ˈævərɪdʒ; ˈævrɪdʒ)n
1. the typical or normal amount, quality, degree, etc: above average in intelligence.
2. (Mathematics) Also called: arithmetic mean the result obtained by adding the numbers or quantities in a set and dividing the total by the number of members in the set: the average of 3, 4, and 8 is 5.
3. (Mathematics) (of a continuously variable ratio, such as speed) the quotient of the differences between the initial and final values of the two quantities that make up the ratio: his average over the journey was 30 miles per hour.
4. (Law) maritime law
a. a loss incurred or damage suffered by a ship or its cargo at sea
b. the equitable apportionment of such loss among the interested parties
5. (Stock Exchange) (often plural) stock exchange a simple or weighted average of the prices of a selected group of securities computed in order to facilitate market comparisons
6. on average on the average on an average usually; typically: on average, he goes twice a week.
adj
7. usual or typical
8. mediocre or inferior: his performance was only average.
9. constituting a numerical average: the average age; an average speed.
10. approximately typical of a range of values: the average contents of a matchbox.
vb
11. (tr) to obtain or estimate a numerical average of
12. (tr) to assess the general quality of
13. (tr) to perform or receive a typical number of: to average eight hours' work a day.
14. (tr) to divide up proportionately: they averaged the profits among the staff.
15. (tr) to amount to or be on average: the children averaged 15 years of age.
16. (Stock Exchange) (intr) stock exchange to purchase additional securities in a holding whose price has fallen (average down) or risen (average up) in anticipation of a speculative profit after further increases in price
[C15 averay loss arising from damage to ships or cargoes (shared equitably among all concerned, hence the modern sense), from Old Italian avaria, ultimately from Arabic awār damage, blemish]
ˈaveragely adv
ˈaverageness n
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av•er•age
(ˈæv ər ɪdʒ, ˈæv rɪdʒ)n., adj., v. -aged, -ag•ing. n.
1.
a. a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: a golf average in the 90's. Compare grade point average.
c. a number or value intermediate to a set of numbers or values.
2. a typical or usual amount, rate, degree, level, etc.; norm.
adj.3. of, pertaining to, or forming an average; estimated by average: the average rainfall.
4. typical; common; ordinary: the average person.
v.t.5. to find an average value for (a variable quantity); reduce to a mean.
6. (of a variable quantity) to have as an arithmetic mean: Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.
7. to do or have on the average: to average seven hours of sleep a night.
v.i.8. to have or show an average.
Idioms:on the or an average, usually; typically.
[1485–95; late Middle English averay charge on goods shipped, orig. duty (< Middle French avarie < early Italian avaria < Arabic ‘awārīyah damaged merchandise), with -age replacing -ay]
av′er•age•a•ble, adj.
av′er•age•ly, adv.
av′er•age•ness, n.
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av·er·age
(ăv′ər-ĭj)A number, especially the arithmetic mean, that is derived from and considered typical or representative of a set of numbers. Compare arithmetic mean, median, mode.
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average
Past participle: averaged
Gerund: averaging
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| I average |
| you average |
| he/she/it averages |
| we average |
| you average |
| they average |
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| we averaged |
| you averaged |
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| Present Continuous |
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| I am averaging |
| you are averaging |
| he/she/it is averaging |
| we are averaging |
| you are averaging |
| they are averaging |
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| I have averaged |
| you have averaged |
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| we have averaged |
| you have averaged |
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| I was averaging |
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| he/she/it was averaging |
| we were averaging |
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| I had averaged |
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| I will average |
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| I will have averaged |
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| I will be averaging |
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| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been averaging |
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| he/she/it has been averaging |
| we have been averaging |
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| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been averaging |
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| he/she/it will have been averaging |
| we will have been averaging |
| you will have been averaging |
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| you had been averaging |
| he/she/it had been averaging |
| we had been averaging |
| you had been averaging |
| they had been averaging |
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| I would average |
| you would average |
| he/she/it would average |
| we would average |
| you would average |
| they would average |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have averaged |
| you would have averaged |
| he/she/it would have averaged |
| we would have averaged |
| you would have averaged |
| they would have averaged |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | average - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters statistic - a datum that can be represented numerically age norm - the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear modal value, mode - the most frequent value of a random variable median, median value - the value below which 50% of the cases fall mean, mean value - an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
| 2. | average - (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition batting average, hitting average - (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat; "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400" fielding average - (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance; the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | |
| 3. | average - an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average" scale value - a value on some scale of measurement | |
| 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" number, total, amount, add up, come - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| 2. | average - achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C" achieve, attain, accomplish, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" | |
| 3. |  average - compute the average of arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations | |
| Adj. | 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"; "the mean annual rainfall"statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events" |
| 2. | average - lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" common - having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" | |
| 3. | average - 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" ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" | |
| 4. | average - around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" | |
| 5. | average - relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30" statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events" | |
| 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); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000" statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events" |
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average
noun
adjective
1. usual, common, standard, general, normal, regular, ordinary, typical, commonplace, unexceptional The average man burns 2000 calories a day.
usual great, bad, different, special, terrible, unusual, outstanding, remarkable, awful, exceptional, memorable, notable, abnormal
3. mediocre, fair, ordinary, moderate, pedestrian, indifferent, not bad, middling, insignificant, so-so (informal), banal, second-rate, middle-of-the-road, tolerable, run-of-the-mill, passable, undistinguished, uninspired, unexceptional, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang), no great shakes (informal), fair to middling (informal) I was only average academically.
verb
1. make on average, be on average, even out to, do on average, balance out to pay increases averaging 9.75%
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average
nounSomething, as a type, number, quantity, or degree, that represents a midpoint between extremes on a scale of valuation:
1. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent:
3. Being of no special quality or type:
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Translations
عاديمُعَدَّلمُعَدَّل، مُتَوَسِّطيَجِد المُعَدَّل
průměrprůměrnýčinit v průměru
gennemsnitgennemsnitliggennemsnits-middel
keskiarvokeskimääräinenkeskinkertainentavallinentyypillinen
prosječanprosjek
átlagátlag-átlagban kitesz
meîal-, meîaltals-meîaltalná aî meîaltalivenjulegur, meîal-
平均平均の
평균평균의
vidurkisvidutinisvidutiniškai sudarytividutiniškas
caurmēracaurmērsdot /sasniegt caurmērāparastsvidējais
priemerne dosahovať
povprečenpovprečjepovprečno
genomsnittgenomsnittligmedeltal
โดยเฉลี่ยค่าเฉลี่ย
mức trung bìnhtrung bình
average
[ˈævərɪdʒ]
average out
average up VT + ADV to average sth up → sacar el promedio or la media de algo tirando hacia arriba
AVERAGE, HALF
Position of "medio"
You should generally put medio after the noun when you mean "average" and before the noun when you mean "half": ...the average citizen... ...el ciudadano medio... ...the average salary... ...el salario medio... ...half a kilo of tomatoes... ...medio kilo de tomates...
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
average
[ˈævərɪdʒ]
adj [price, age, wage, person, film] → moyen(ne)
the average price → le prix moyen
vt sep
We averaged it out to £10 a month each → Nous avons arrondi cela à 10 livres par mois et par personne.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
average
adj → durchschnittlich; (= ordinary) → Durchschnitts-; (= not good or bad) → mittelmäßig; above/below average → über-/unterdurchschnittlich; the average man, Mr Average → der Durchschnittsbürger; the average Scot → der Durchschnittsschotte; he’s a man of average height → er ist von mittlerer Größe
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average
[ˈævərɪdʒ]
1. adj → medio/a (pej) → qualsiasi inv, ordinario/a
2. n → media
on average → in media
above/below (the) average → sopra/sotto la media
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
average
(ˈӕvəridʒ) nounthe result of adding several amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts. The average of 3, 7, 9 and 13 is 8 (= 32:4).
adjective1. obtained by finding the average of amounts etc. average price; the average temperature for the week.
2. ordinary; not exceptional. The average person is not wealthy; His work is average.
verbto form an average. His expenses averaged (out at) 15 dollars a day.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
average
→ مُعَدَّل průměr, průměrný gennemsnit, gennemsnitlig Durchschnitt, durchschnittlich μέσος, μέσος όρος medio, promedio keskiarvo, keskimääräinen moyen, moyenne prosječan, prosjek media, medio 平均, 平均の 평균, 평균의 gemiddeld, gemiddelde gjennomsnitt, gjennomsnittlig przeciętny, średnia média, médio среднее арифметическое, средний genomsnitt, genomsnittlig โดยเฉลี่ย, ค่าเฉลี่ย ortalama mức trung bình, trung bình 平均数, 平均的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
av·er·age
n. promedio, término medio; de mediana proporción.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
average
adj medio, promedio (inv); the — height la estatura media or promedio; n media, promedio; above (the) — superior a la media or al promedio, por encima de la media or del promedio; below (the) — inferior a la media or al promedio, por debajo de la media or del promedio; on — en promedio
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