a. An intermediate level or degree: near the average in size.
b. The usual or ordinary kind or quality: Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.
3. Sports The ratio of a team's or player's successful performances such as wins, hits, or goals, divided by total opportunities for successful performance, such as games, times at bat, or shots: finished the season with a .500 average; a batting average of .274.
4. Law
a. The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.
b. The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.
c. The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.
d. A charge incurred through such a loss.
5. Nautical Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.
adj.
1. Mathematics Of, relating to, or constituting an average.
2. Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale: a movie of average length; a player of average ability.
3. Usual or ordinary in kind or character: a poll of average people; average eyesight.
4. Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.
v.av·er·aged, av·er·ag·ing, av·er·ag·es
v.tr.
1. Mathematics To calculate the average of: average a set of numbers.
2. To do or have an average of: averaged three hours of work a day.
3. To distribute proportionately: average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.
v.intr.
To be or amount to an average: Some sparrows are six inches long, but they average smaller. Our expenses averaged out to 45 dollars per day.
Phrasal Verbs:
average down
To purchase shares of the same security at successively lower prices in order to reduce the average price of one's position.
average up
To purchase shares of the same security at successively higher prices in order to achieve a larger position at an average price that is lower than the current market value.
[Early Modern English, damage to a ship or its cargo, equitable distribution of the expenses from such damage, average, from Middle English, charge above the cost of freight, from Old French avarie, from Old Italian avaria, duty, from Arabic 'awārīya, damaged goods, from 'awār, blemish, from 'awira, to be damaged; see ʕwr in Semitic roots.]
av′er·age·ly adv.
av′er·age·ness n.
Synonyms: average, medium, mediocre, middling, fair1, acceptable, indifferent, tolerable These adjectives indicate a middle position on a scale of evaluation. Average and medium apply to what is midway between extremes and imply both sufficiency and lack of distinction: a novel of average merit; a digital recording of medium quality. Mediocre and middling stress the undistinguished aspect of what is average: "The caliber of the students ... has gone from mediocre to above average" (Judy Pasternak)."Every writer creates weak, middling and strong work" (Frank Conroy). What is fair or acceptable is satisfactory or moderately good but has room for improvement: a fair chance of winning; an acceptable grade on the test. Indifferent means neither good nor bad and suggests a detached or resigned acceptance of such a status: "Burningham was an indifferent student at every school he attended ... and he preferred to be out of doors" (Andrea Cleghorn). Something tolerable is good enough under the circumstances, but barely: "Tennyson ... suffered ... from illness fears, particularly of going blind, though he lived into his eighties with tolerable eyesight" (Carla Cantor).
1. the typical or normal amount, quality, degree, etc: above average in intelligence.
2. (Mathematics) Also called: arithmetic mean the result obtained by adding the numbers or quantities in a set and dividing the total by the number of members in the set: the average of 3, 4, and 8 is 5.
3. (Mathematics) (of a continuously variable ratio, such as speed) the quotient of the differences between the initial and final values of the two quantities that make up the ratio: his average over the journey was 30 miles per hour.
4. (Law) maritime law
a. a loss incurred or damage suffered by a ship or its cargo at sea
b. the equitable apportionment of such loss among the interested parties
5. (Stock Exchange) (often plural) stock exchange a simple or weighted average of the prices of a selected group of securities computed in order to facilitate market comparisons
6. on average on the average on an average usually; typically: on average, he goes twice a week.
adj
7. usual or typical
8. mediocre or inferior: his performance was only average.
9. constituting a numerical average: the average age; an average speed.
10. approximately typical of a range of values: the average contents of a matchbox.
vb
11. (tr) to obtain or estimate a numerical average of
12. (tr) to assess the general quality of
13. (tr) to perform or receive a typical number of: to average eight hours' work a day.
14. (tr) to divide up proportionately: they averaged the profits among the staff.
15. (tr) to amount to or be on average: the children averaged 15 years of age.
16. (Stock Exchange) (intr) stock exchange to purchase additional securities in a holding whose price has fallen (average down) or risen (average up) in anticipation of a speculative profit after further increases in price
[C15 averay loss arising from damage to ships or cargoes (shared equitably among all concerned, hence the modern sense), from Old Italian avaria, ultimately from Arabic awār damage, blemish]
c. a number or value intermediate to a set of numbers or values.
2. a typical or usual amount, rate, degree, level, etc.; norm.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or forming an average; estimated by average: the average rainfall.
4. typical; common; ordinary: the average person.
v.t.
5. to find an average value for (a variable quantity); reduce to a mean.
6. (of a variable quantity) to have as an arithmetic mean: Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.
7. to do or have on the average: to average seven hours of sleep a night.
v.i.
8. to have or show an average.
Idioms:
on the or an average, usually; typically.
[1485–95; late Middle English averay charge on goods shipped, orig. duty (< Middle French avarie < early Italian avaria < Arabic ‘awārīyah damaged merchandise), with -age replacing -ay]
A number, especially the arithmetic mean, that is derived from and considered typical or representative of a set of numbers. Compare arithmetic mean, median, mode.
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
statistic - a datum that can be represented numerically
age norm - the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear
modal value, mode - the most frequent value of a random variable
mean, mean value - an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
2.
average - (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
batting average, hitting average - (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat; "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400"
fielding average - (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance; the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances
ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
3.
average - an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average"
scale value - a value on some scale of measurement
Verb
1.
average - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
average - 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"
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
2.
average - lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
common - having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"
3.
average - lacking 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"
ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
4.
average - around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
5.
average - relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
6.
average - 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"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
Position of "medio" You should generally put medio after the noun when you mean "average" and before the noun when you mean "half": ...the average citizen......el ciudadano medio......the average salary......el salario medio......half a kilo of tomatoes......medio kilo de tomates...
adj → durchschnittlich; (= ordinary) → Durchschnitts-; (= not good or bad) → mittelmäßig; above/below average → über-/unterdurchschnittlich; the average man, Mr Average → der Durchschnittsbürger; the average Scot → der Durchschnittsschotte; he’s a man of average height → er ist von mittlererGröße
the result of adding several amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts. The average of 3, 7, 9 and 13 is 8 (= 32:4). gemiddeld مُعَدَّل، مُتَوَسِّط средно число média průměr der Durchschnitt gennemsnit μέσος όροςmedia keskmine میانگین؛ معدل keskiarvo moyenneממוצע औसत prosjek átlag rata-rata meðaltal media 平均 평균 vidurkis caurmērs; vidusmērs; vidējais lielums purata gemiddeldegjennomsnittśrednia اوسط، معدل média medie среднее арифметическое priemer povprečje prosek medeltal, medelvärde ค่าเฉลี่ย ortalama 平均數 середнє число اوسط trung bình 平均数
adjective
1. obtained by finding the average of amounts etc. average price; the average temperature for the week. gemiddeld مُعَدَّل، مُتَوَسِّط среден médio průměrný durchschnittlich gennemsnitlig; gennemsnits- μέσοςmedio, promedio keskmine میانگین keskimääräinen moyenממוצע औसत prosječan átlagos rata-rata meðal-, meðaltals- medio 平均の 평균의 vidutinis caurmēra; vidējais gemiddeldgjennomsnittlig, gjennomsnitts-średni اوسط médio mediu средний priemerný povprečen prosečan genomsnittlig โดยเฉลี่ย ortalama 平均的 середній اوسطاً trung bình 平均的
2. ordinary; not exceptional. The average person is not wealthy; His work is average. gemiddeld, gewoon عادي обикновен mediano průměrný Durchschnitts-... gennemsnits-; middel μέσος, συνηθισμένοςmedio; corriente, común keskmine عادی؛ متوسط tavallinen moyenממוצע औसत prosječan átlag- sedang venjulegur, meðal- medio 普通の 보통의 vidutinis, vidutiniškas parasts; viduvējs sederhana gemiddeld, middelmatiggjennomsnitts-, middelsprzeciętny مینځګړی mediano obişnuit; mediocru обычный; средний priemerný povprečen prosečan genomsnitts-, genomsnittlig, medelmåttig ธรรมดา sıradan, vasat 平常的 звичайний, нормальний عام ،معمولی theo chuẩn mực thông thường 平常的
verb
to form an average. His expenses averaged (out at) 15 dollars a day. is gemiddeld يَجِد المُعَدَّل определям общо равнище somar em média činit v průměru durchschnittlich betragen udgøre i gennemsnit είμαι κατά μέσο όρο sumar una media de keskeltläbi olema میانگین گرفتن laskea keskiarvo atteindre en moyenne לְחָשֵב מְמוּצָע औसत निकालना iznositi u prosjeku átlagban kitesz rata-rata ná að meðaltali essere/ammontare in media 平均~である 평균하다 vidutiniškai sudaryti dot /sasniegt caurmērā gemiddeld komen op utgjøre i gjennomsnitt osiągać średnio اوسط نیول somar em média a se ridica în medie la в среднем равняться priemerne dosahovať doseči v povprečju držati se proseka u nečemu uppgå till i genomsnitt เฉลี่ย ortalama olarak tutmak 平均為 в середньому становити اوسط نکالنا tính trung bình 平均为
adj medio, promedio (inv); the —height la estatura media or promedio; n media, promedio; above (the) — superior a la media or al promedio, por encima de la media or del promedio; below (the) — inferior a la media or al promedio, por debajo de la media or del promedio; on — en promedio
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