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| av·er·age [ ávvərij, ávvrij ] |
noun (plural av·er·ag·es) |
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1. typical amount: the level, amount, or degree of something that is typical of a group or class of people or things
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2. mathematics number considered typical of number group: a number regarded as typical of a group of numbers, obtained by adding each member of the group and dividing the total by the number of members
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3. sports measure of playing performance: a measure of a player's or team's achievement, reached by dividing the number of opportunities for successful performances by how many times a successful performance was achieved
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4. law loss at sea: in maritime law, the loss or damage of a ship and its cargo, or the division of the costs of this loss or damage among the owner or partners involved
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5. stock exchange intermediate price: a measure of stock exchange performance based on the total of prices for a group or class of securities divided by the number of securities
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adjective |
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1. typical: lacking any extraordinary, untypical, or exceptional characteristic
  just an average person
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2. not very good: not bad, but not very good either
The performance was no better than average.
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3. mathematics calculated as total divided by members: obtained by adding the numerical value for each member of a group and dividing the total by the number of members
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transitive verb (past and past participle av·er·aged, present participle av·er·ag·ing, 3rd person present singular av·er·ag·es) |
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1. do something as average: to do, produce, or receive a particular number or amount of something as an average
She averages one trip to Asia each year.
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2. have something as average: to have or show a particular number or amount as an average
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3. mathematics calculate numerical average of something: to calculate the average of a group of numbers by adding each member of the group and dividing the total by the number of members
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| [15th century. Alteration, after damage, of French avarie< Arabic 'awār "damage to goods"] |
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| av·er·age·ly adverb |
| av·er·age·ness noun |
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