average

Meaning

Noun

1. Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
2. Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
3. Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
4. Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
5. Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
6. An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
2. Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
3. Typical.
4. (informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

Verb

1. (transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
2. (transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
3. (transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
4. (intransitive) To be, generally or on average.

Synonyms

mean

medium

ordinary

median

middle

mediocre

common

intermediate

middling

general

normal

norm

moderate

average out

standard

mean value

usual

market index

commonplace

fair

pedestrian

regular

centre

center

tolerable

environment

balance

take the mean

level

ambiance

typical

middle-level

inside

modal

midpoint

midst

share

mid

middle-of-the-road

central

temperate

milieu

equilibrium

equalize

earn

do

calculate

approximately

divide

dichotomy

Translations

moyenne

moyen

promedio

media

Durchschnitt

medio

🖕

gemiddelde

medio

durchschnittlich

média

gemiddeld

Mittel

media

médio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle French avarie, from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria (which is possibly from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”), from عَوِرَ (ʕawira, “to lose an eye”)) + English suffix -age.

Sentences

Holds an average qualification .

Similar to "SimTown", it is targeted more towards children than the average player .

The average lifespan in pikas is roughly seven years in the wild .