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average

adjectiveverbnoun /ævərɪdʒ/ 3 syllables 7 letters Scrabble 11 WWF 13
Definitions
adjective

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

“average people”

verb

achieve or reach on average

“He averaged a C”

noun

an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

“he is about average in height”

noun

the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

verb

compute the average of

adjective

around the middle of a scale of evaluation

“an orange of average size”

adjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

“the average income in New England is below that of the nation”

verb

amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

“The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40”

noun

a statistic describing the location of a distribution

adjective

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)

adjective

lacking exceptional quality or ability

“a novel of average merit”

adjective

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

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