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average

/ˈævrɪʤ/

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noun

plural -ages

a number that is calculated by adding quantities together and then dividing the total by the number of quantities [count]

The average of 16, 8, and 6 is 10.

Take all these temperatures and find their average.

An average of 2,000 people attended the show each night. [noncount]

Prices have increased on average about eight percent.

On average, women live longer than men.

(US) He saves on the average about five percent of his income. - see also grade point average the law of averages at law

a level that is typical of a group, class, or series :a middle point between extremes [noncount]

His work has been better/worse than average. = His work has been above/below average. [count]

His work has been above the average.

[count] baseball :batting average

adjective

calculated by adding quantities together and then dividing by the number of quantities

Take all these temperatures and find their average temperature.

The investment had a higher average return.

The average age of the company's employees is 36.

ordinary or usual

The average woman lives longer than the average man.

Do you know what the average person earns?

an average day

the average American family/home buyer - often used informally with your

He's just your average guy. [=he is a typical or ordinary guy]

It wasn't your average snow storm. [=it was worse than an ordinary snowstorm]

He's not your average salesman. [=he is unusual]

not unusually large or small

Sales were about average for the industry on the whole.

not unusually good or bad

Average grades are not good enough to get you into graduate school.

She was an average student.

She thought the performance was just average.

verb

-ages; -aged; -aging

[+ obj] to have (a specified number) as an average

The children in that class average four feet in height. [=the average height of the children is 4 feet]

Her daily commute averages 40 minutes. [=the average length of her daily commute is 40 minutes]

We average six calls a day. [=we get six calls a day on average]

to calculate the average of (something)

The teacher averaged the students' grades.

What figure do you get when you average the amount of rainfall for the last three months?

average out

[phrasal verb]

to produce a result that is even and balanced when looked at over a period of time

The irregularities averaged out over the course of the study.

Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. It all averages out [=evens out] in the end.

average out to (something) :to be equal to (a specified average amount) over a period of time

The gain averaged out to 20 percent.