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average > 10 senses
ADJECTIVE1average, meanApproximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
2average, ordinaryLacking special distinction, rank, or status
3average, fair, mediocre, middlingOf no exceptional quality or ability
4average, intermediate, mediumAround the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures
5average, modalRelating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
6average, medianRelating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set)
NOUN1average, normA statistic describing the location of a distribution
VERB1average, average outAmount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
2averageAchieve or reach on average
3average, average outCompute the average of
average > pronunciation
Soundsae'verihjh; ae'vrahjh; ae'vrihjh
Rhymesabridge, acknowledge, acreage, and 129 more rhymes in ihjh at the HyperDic website...
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average > adjective 1
MeaningApproximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
Examples"the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"
Synonymsmean
Categorystatistics
Similar tonormal
average > adjective 2
MeaningLacking special distinction, rank, or status. Commonly encountered.
Examples"average people"
Synonymsordinary
Similar tocommon
average > adjective 3
MeaningOf no exceptional quality or ability.
Examples"a novel of average merit"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"
Synonymsfair, mediocre, middling
Similar toordinary
average > adjective 4
MeaningAround the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures.
Examples"an orange of average size"
Synonymsintermediate, medium
Similar tomoderate
average > adjective 5
MeaningRelating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
Synonymsmodal
Categorystatistics
Similar tonormal
average > adjective 6
MeaningRelating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set).
Synonymsmedian
Categorystatistics
Similar tonormal
average > noun, cognition
MeaningA statistic describing the location of a distribution.
Synonymsnorm
Categorystatistics
Narrowerage norm; mode, modal value; median, median value; mean, mean value
Broaderstatistic
Verbsaverage; average; average
average > verb 1, stative
MeaningAmount to or come to an average, without loss or gain.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
Synonymsaverage out
Broadertotal, number, add up, come, amount
Nounsaverage
average > verb 2, social
MeaningAchieve or reach on average.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"He averaged a C"
Broaderachieve, accomplish, attain, reach
Nounsaverage
average > verb 3, cognition
MeaningCompute the average of.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsaverage out
Categoryarithmetic
Broadercalculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Nounsaverage

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