average

Meanings

Noun

• a statistic describing the location of a distribution
• (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
• an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
  • "he is about average in height"
  • "the snowfall this month is below average"

Verb

• amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
  • "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
• achieve or reach on average
  • "He averaged a C"
• compute the average of

Adjective Satellite

• 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"
• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
  • "average people"
• lacking exceptional quality or ability
  • "a novel of average merit"
  • "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"
• around the middle of a scale of evaluation
  • "an orange of average size"
• relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
• 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)

Synonyms

average out, fair, intermediate, mean, median, mediocre, medium, middling, modal, norm, ordinary