BATTING AVERAGE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (baseball) the percentage of times a batter gets a hit
   • number of base hits divided by the number of times at bat
   Hypernyms(s) batting average is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • percentage (what does percentage mean?)
   • percent (what does percent mean?)
   • per centum (what does per centum mean?)
   • pct (what does pct mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds
   Usage Example(s)
   • the salesman’’s batting average was 7 out of 12
   Hypernyms(s) batting average is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • proportion (what does proportion mean?)
   • proportionality (what does proportionality mean?)