average

Meaning

Noun

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

Hyphenated as

av‧er‧age

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

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