AVERAGE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a statistic describing the location of a distribution
   Synonym(s)
   • norm (what does norm mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it set the norm for American homes
   Hypernyms(s) average is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • statistic (what does statistic mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • age norm (what does age norm mean?)
   • mode (what does mode mean?)
   • modal value (what does modal value mean?)
   • median (what does median mean?)
   • median value (what does median value mean?)
   • mean (what does mean mean?)
   • mean value (what does mean value mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • average (what does average mean?)
   • average out (what does average out mean?)
   • average (what does average mean?)
   • average (what does average mean?)
   • average out (what does average out mean?)

AVERAGE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • compute the average of
   Synonym(s)
   • average out (what does average out mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) average is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • calculate (what does calculate mean?)
   • cipher (what does cipher mean?)
   • cypher (what does cypher mean?)
   • compute (what does compute mean?)
   • work out (what does work out mean?)
   • reckon (what does reckon mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • average (what does average mean?)
   • norm (what does norm mean?)
2. Meaning
   • achieve or reach on average
   Usage Example(s)
   • He averaged a C
   Hypernyms(s) average is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • achieve (what does achieve mean?)
   • accomplish (what does accomplish mean?)
   • attain (what does attain mean?)
   • reach (what does reach mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • average (what does average mean?)
   • norm (what does norm mean?)
3. Meaning
   • amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
   Synonym(s)
   • average out (what does average out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
   Hypernyms(s) average is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • total (what does total mean?)
   • number (what does number mean?)
   • add up (what does add up mean?)
   • come (what does come mean?)
   • amount (what does amount mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • average (what does average mean?)
   • norm (what does norm mean?)

AVERAGE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • lacking special distinction, rank, or status
   • commonly encountered
   Synonym(s)
   • ordinary (what does ordinary mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • average people
   • the ordinary (or common) man in the street
   Similar To
   • common (what does common mean?)
2. Meaning
   • around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures
   Synonym(s)
   • intermediate (what does intermediate mean?)
   • medium (what does medium mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an orange of average size
   • intermediate capacity
   • a plane with intermediate range
   • medium bombers
   Similar To
   • moderate (what does moderate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
   Synonym(s)
   • mean(a) (what does mean(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the average income in New England is below that of the nation
   • of average height for his age
   • the mean annual rainfall
   Similar To
   • normal (what does normal mean?)
4. Meaning
   • relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set)
   Synonym(s)
   • median(a) (what does median(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
   • the median income for the year was $15,000
   Similar To
   • normal (what does normal mean?)
5. Meaning
   • relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
   Synonym(s)
   • modal(a) (what does modal(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
   Similar To
   • normal (what does normal mean?)
6. Meaning
   • of no exceptional quality or ability
   Synonym(s)
   • fair (what does fair mean?)
   • mediocre (what does mediocre mean?)
   • middling (what does middling mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • ordinary (what does ordinary mean?)