average

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adj

Definition of AVERAGE

1

: equaling an arithmetic mean

2

a : being about midway between extremes <a man of average height> b : not out of the ordinary : common <the average person>

— av·er·age·ly adverb

— av·er·age·ness noun

Examples of AVERAGE

1. Take all these temperatures and find their average temperature.
2. The investment had a higher average return.
3. The average age of the company's employees is 36.
4. The average woman lives longer than the average man.
5. Do you know what the average person earns?
6. the average American family buyer
7. Sales were about average for the industry on the whole.
8. Average grades are not good enough to get you into graduate school.
9. She was an average student.
10. She thought the performance was just average.

First Known Use of AVERAGE

1770

Related to AVERAGE

Synonyms: middle, intermediate, mean, median, medium, middling, midsize (also midsized), moderate, modest

Antonyms: abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, unusual

Related Words: reasonable; common, commonplace, conventional, normal, popular, regular, routine, standard, typical, usual; adequate, passable, tolerable

Near Antonyms: excessive, extreme; exceptional, rare, strange, uncommon, unusual; distinctive, idiosyncratic, special, unique; individual, peculiar, private

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Other Mathematics and Statistics Terms

abscissa, denominator, divisor, equilateral, exponent, hypotenuse, logarithm, oblique, radii, rhomb