Definitions for average

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average av·er·age

Spelling: [av-er-ij, av-rij]

IPA: /ˈæv ər ɪdʒ, ˈæv rɪdʒ/

Average is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in average (aaeegrv).

Definitions for average

noun

1. a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean:
2. a typical amount, rate, degree, etc.; norm.
3. Statistics. arithmetic mean.
4. Mathematics. a quantity intermediate to a set of quantities.
5. Commerce. a charge paid by the master of a ship for such services as pilotage or towage. an expense, partial loss, or damage to a ship or cargo. the incidence of such an expense or loss to the owners or their insurers. an equitable apportionment among all the interested parties of such an expense or loss. Compare general average, particular average.
6. a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean:
7. a typical amount, rate, degree, etc.; norm.
8. Statistics. arithmetic mean.
9. Mathematics. a quantity intermediate to a set of quantities.
10. Commerce. a charge paid by the master of a ship for such services as pilotage or towage. an expense, partial loss, or damage to a ship or cargo. the incidence of such an expense or loss to the owners or their insurers. an equitable apportionment among all the interested parties of such an expense or loss. Compare general average, particular average.

Idioms

1. on the / an average, usually; typically:
2. on the / an average, usually; typically:

adjective

1. of or relating to an average; estimated by average; forming an average:
2. typical; common; ordinary:
3. of or relating to an average; estimated by average; forming an average:
4. typical; common; ordinary:

Verb phrases

1. average down, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a lower price to reduce the average cost of one's holdings.
2. average out, to come out of a security or commodity transaction with a profit or without a loss. to reach an average or other figure:
3. average up, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a higher price to take advantage of a contemplated further rise in prices.
4. average down, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a lower price to reduce the average cost of one's holdings.
5. average out, to come out of a security or commodity transaction with a profit or without a loss. to reach an average or other figure:
6. average up, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a higher price to take advantage of a contemplated further rise in prices.

verb (used with object)

1. to find an average value for (a variable quantity); reduce to a mean:
2. (of a variable quantity) to have as its arithmetic mean:
3. to do or have on the average:
4. to find an average value for (a variable quantity); reduce to a mean:
5. (of a variable quantity) to have as its arithmetic mean:
6. to do or have on the average:

verb (used without object)

1. to have or show an average:
2. to have or show an average:

Origin of average

1485-95; earlier averay charge on goods shipped, orig. duty (Middle French avarie Old Italian avaria Arabic ʿawārīyah damaged merchandise), with -age replacing -ay

Examples for average

All because Murthy believes that gun violence, which kills an average of 86 Americans every day, is a public health issue.

If he truly was the average age of the rest of the class there was nothing for him to be angry about.

Well over a thousand holes in, I average less than four strokes per hole.

I guess I could do it and get away with it as well as the average.

Ramos was 38—nearly two decades older than the average recruit.

The men are taller than the average, and the women, relatively, taller than the men.

average age ranges from 45 to 65, with her youngest client at 18 and the oldest in her 80s.

He's too blamed comprehensive for the average boy of my age.

On average, the vaccine has an efficacy of about 60 percent.

They average about the same as they do in anything else, mostly good, I think.

All because Murthy believes that gun violence, which kills an average of 86 Americans every day, is a public health issue.

If he truly was the average age of the rest of the class there was nothing for him to be angry about.

Well over a thousand holes in, I average less than four strokes per hole.

I guess I could do it and get away with it as well as the average.

Ramos was 38—nearly two decades older than the average recruit.

The men are taller than the average, and the women, relatively, taller than the men.

average age ranges from 45 to 65, with her youngest client at 18 and the oldest in her 80s.

He's too blamed comprehensive for the average boy of my age.

On average, the vaccine has an efficacy of about 60 percent.

They average about the same as they do in anything else, mostly good, I think.