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average Definition
(n)
a
statistic
describing
the
location
of
a
distribution
; "
it
set
the
norm
for
American
homes
"
(s)
approximating
the
statistical
norm
or
average
or
expected
value
; "
the
average
income
in
New
England
is
below
that
of
the
nation
"; "
of
average
height
for
his
age
"; "
the
mean
annual
rainfall
"
(s)
lacking
special
distinction
,
rank
,
or
status
;
commonly
encountered
; "
average
people
"; "
the
ordinary
(
or
common
)
man
in
the
street
"
(s)
of
no
exceptional
quality
or
ability
; "
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
"
(s)
around
the
middle
of
a
scale
of
evaluation
of
physical
measures
; "
an
orange
of
average
size
"; "
intermediate
capacity
"; "
a
plane
with
intermediate
range
"; "
medium
bombers
"
(s)
relating
to
or
constituting
the
most
frequent
value
in
a
distribution
; "
the
modal
age
at
which
American
novelists
reach
their
peak
is
30
"
(s)
relating
to
or
constituting
the
middle
value
of
an
ordered
set
of
values
(
or
the
average
of
the
middle
two
in
an
even
-
numbered
set
); "
the
median
value
of
17
,
20
,
and
36
is
20
"; "
the
median
income
for
the
year
was
$
15
,
000
"
(v)
amount
to
or
come
to
an
average
,
without
loss
or
gain
; "
The
number
of
hours
I
work
per
work
averages
out
to
40
"
(v)
achieve
or
reach
on
average
; "
He
averaged
a
C
"
(v)
compute
the
average
of
average Synonyms
average
average out
fair
intermediate
mean(a)
median(a)
mediocre
medium
middling
modal(a)
norm
ordinary
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