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average


average - noun

  • a statistic describing the location of a distribution
  • (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
  • an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

    • average - verb

    • amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
    • achieve or reach on average
    • compute the average of

    average - adjective

    • approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
    • lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
    • lacking exceptional quality or ability
    • around the middle of a scale of evaluation
    • relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
    • 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)

    average - thesaurus

    fair   intermediate   mean   median   mediocre   medium   middling   modal   norm   ordinary  


    View spelling list Words ending in age and learn about the word average in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 19. Soft g: ge, gi, gy.

    Scrabble score for average

    a is 1 v is 4 e is 1 r is 1 a is 1 g is 2 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 11

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