Average

['æv(ə)rɪdʒ] or ['ævərɪdʒ]

Definition

(noun.) an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; 'he is about average in height'; 'the snowfall this month is below average'.

(noun.) a statistic describing the location of a distribution; 'it set the norm for American homes'.

(noun.) (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities.

(verb.) compute the average of.

(verb.) achieve or reach on average; 'He averaged a C'.

(verb.) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; 'The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40'.

(adj.) lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; 'average people'; 'the ordinary (or common) man in the street' .

(adj.) around the middle of a scale of evaluation; 'an orange of average size'; 'intermediate capacity'; 'medium bombers' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) 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' .

Checker: Mattie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

(n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc.

(n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

(n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

(n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.

(n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.

(n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.

(n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

(a.) Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.

(a.) According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.

(v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.

(v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

(v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.

(v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.

Edited by Albert

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Medium, mean proportion, medial sum or quantity.[2]. Mediocrity, medial standard, average standard.

v. a. [1]. Equate, reduce to an average, reduce to a mean.[2]. (Com.) Proportion, distribute proportionally.

v. n. Amount to, or result in, when the mean is taken.

a. [1]. Medial, mean.[2]. Middling, ordinary, passable, moderate, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad.

Checker: Tessie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Mean, medium, middle, mediocre

ANT:Extreme, excess, defect, perfectness, perfection

Edited by Ingram

Definition

n. the mean value or quantity of a number of values or quantities: any expense incurred beyond the freight payable by the owner of the goods shipped as in the phrase Petty average: any loss or damage to ship or cargo from unavoidable accidental causes—Particular average. Again General average is the apportionment of loss caused by measures taken for the ship's safety as cutting away the masts throwing overboard cargo accepting towage or the like.—adj. containing a mean value: ordinary.—v.t. to fix an average.—v.i. to exist in or form a mean quantity.

Editor: Wilma