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average

About 87.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    You need to show some averages in an executive summary, show some samples of raw data in the document body, and move the full raw data to an appendix.
  2. noun The arithmetic mean.
    The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
  3. noun A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss. Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense. Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
  4. noun Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
  5. noun Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
  6. noun An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
    batting average
  7. adjective Constituting or relating to the average.
    The average age of the participants was 18.5.
  8. adjective Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
    I soon found I was only an average chess player.

Similar words

average out modal intermediate middling common medium mean norm normal ordinary

Often followed by

of number annual for cost value age rate in

Word family

averaged averagely averageness averagenesses averages averaging

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