Dictionary

Type a word in English or Spanish. English is blue, Spanish is rose. Tap any line to hear it.

average

English

🔊 lacking special distinction, rank, or status
“average people”
🔊 around the middle of a scale of evaluation
“an orange of average size”
🔊 approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
“the average income in New England is below that of the nation”
🔊 lacking exceptional quality or ability
“a novel of average merit”
🔊 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)
“the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20”
🔊 relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
“the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30”
🔊 an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
“he is about average in height”
🔊 a statistic describing the location of a distribution
“it set the norm for American homes”
🔊 (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
🔊 compute the average of
🔊 achieve or reach on average
“He averaged a C”
🔊 amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
“The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40”