1. noun /ˈævəɹɪdʒ/
a) The arithmetic mean.
The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
b) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode (see Usage notes below).
batting average
2. adjective /ˈævəɹɪdʒ/
a) Constituting or relating to the average.
The average age of the participants was 18.5.
b) Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
I soon found I was only an average chess player.
Syn: mean, expectation, mediocre, medium, middle, rank, middling, unremarkable, so-so, comme ci comme ça, conventional, normal, regular, standard, typical, usual, bog-standard
3. verb /ˈævəɹɪdʒ/
a) To compute the arithmetic mean of.
If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.
b) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
The daily high temperature last month averaged 15C.
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