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average
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
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adjective
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
“average people”
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”
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)
“the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20”
adjective
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
“the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30”
adjective
lacking exceptional quality or ability
“a novel of average merit”
noun
an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
“he is about average in height”
noun
a statistic describing the location of a distribution
“it set the norm for American homes”
noun
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
verb
compute the average of
verb
achieve or reach on average
“He averaged a C”
verb
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
“The number of hours I work per week averages out to 40”
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average people
the ordinary (or common) man in the street
an orange of average size
intermediate capacity
medium bombers
the average income in New England is below that of the nation
of average height for his age
the mean annual rainfall
the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
the median income for the year was $15,000
the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
a novel of average merit
only a fair performance of the sonata
in fair health
the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
the performance was middling at best
he is about average in height
the snowfall this month is below average
it set the norm for American homes
He averaged a C
The number of hours I work per week averages out to 40
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