2. (noun)average (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
3. (adj)average an intermediatescalevalue regarded as normal or usual "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average"
4. (adj)average, mean(a) 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"
5. (adj)average, ordinary lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
6. (adj)average, fair, mediocre, middling 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"
7. (adj)average, intermediate, medium around the middle of a scale of evaluation "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
8. (adj)modal(a), average relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
9. (verb)median(a), average relating to or constituting the middlevalue of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an evennumber of values) "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"
10. (verb)average, average out amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
11. (verb)average achieve or reach on average "He averaged a C"
12. (verb)average, average out compute the average of
3. average calculated by finding the average of two or morenumbers an average speed of 30 miles/hour; average temperatures for the season
4. (noun)average the normalamount or rate the national average; an above average score in math
5. average below/above average an amount that is the result of adding two or morenumbers and dividing the sum by the number of things you added together spending an average of $400 per month
6. average on average indicates what is usual On average, women live longer than men.
7. (verb)average to do or have as a normallevel or rate averaging about $300 a night in earnings
Definition of 'average'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)average pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an averagerate of profit; an averageamount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the averagestamp
6. (noun)average a contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils
7. (noun)average the equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested
8. (noun)average 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
11. (verb)average to find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean
12. (verb)average to divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss
13. (verb)average to do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average
14. (verb)average 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 willaveragetwentyfive dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length