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average


Definition: Meaning of, average in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈav(ə)rɪdʒ /

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  1. the average amount is the amount you get when you add together several quantities and divide this by the total number of quantities
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  2. an average amount or quantity is not unusually big or small
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  3. having qualities that are typical of most people or things
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  4. neither very good nor very bad
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average averages
  1. [countable] the amount calculated by adding together several quantities, and then dividing this amount by the total number of quantities
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  2. on average based on a calculation about how many times something usually happens, how much money someone usually gets, how often people usually do something etc
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  3. [uncountable and countable] the usual level or amount for most people or things
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
average averaged averaged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
averaging averages
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  1. to usually do something or usually happen a particular number of times, or to usually be a particular size or amount
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  2. to calculate the average of figures
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average used in phrases

  • Dow Jones Average
    1. a daily list of prices of SHARE s on the American STOCK EXCHANGE, based on the daily average prices of 30 industrial SHAREs
  • Dow-Jones Industrial Average (noun)
    1. an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange
  • average cost (noun)
    1. or produced total cost for all units bought divided by the number of units
  • batting average (noun)
    1. baseball a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat
    2. an extension of the baseball term the proportion of times some effort succeeds
  • earned run average (noun)
    1. baseball a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
  • fielding average (noun)
    1. baseball a measure of a fielder's performance; the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances
  • grade point average (noun)
    1. American English GPA
  • hitting average (noun)
    1. baseball a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat
  • on average (adverb)
    1. typically
  • on the average (adverb)
    1. typically
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average used in phrasal verbs

  • average out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] to have a particular number or amount as an average
    2. [transitive] to calculate the average of a set of numbers or amounts
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