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Words with a similar base: average, average_out

'average'

[average.n.01] as in: a statistic describing the location of a distribution

Examples:
it set the norm for American homes

'average'

[average.n.02] as in: (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

'average'

[average.n.03] as in: an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

Examples:
he is about average in height
the snowfall this month is below average

'average'

[average.v.01] as in: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

Examples:
The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40

'average'

[average.v.02] as in: achieve or reach on average

Examples:
He averaged a C

'average'

[average.v.03] as in: compute the average of

'average'

[average.s.01] as in: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

Examples:
the average income in New England is below that of the nation
of average height for his age
the mean annual rainfall

'average'

[average.s.02] as in: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

Examples:
average people
the ordinary (or common) man in the street

'average'

[average.s.03] as in: lacking exceptional quality or ability

Examples:
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

'average'

[average.s.04] as in: around the middle of a scale of evaluation

Examples:
an orange of average size
intermediate capacity
medium bombers

'average'

[modal.s.01] as in: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

Examples:
the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30

'average'

[median.s.01] as in: 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)

Examples:
the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
the median income for the year was $15,000

Origins

					average (English)
└── avarie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── avaria (Italian)
        └── عوارية (Arabic)