Average meanings. All definitions of Average

countable noun average An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together. 3

countable noun average Average is also an adjective. 3

singular noun average You use average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same. 3

adjective average An average person or thing is typical or normal. 3

singular noun average An amount or quality that is the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people. 3

adjective average Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better. 3

verb average To average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time. 3

noun average the typical or normal amount, quality, degree, etc 3

noun average the result obtained by adding the numbers or quantities in a set and dividing the total by the number of members in the set 3

noun average (of a continuously variable ratio, such as speed) the quotient of the differences between the initial and final values of the two quantities that make up the ratio 3

noun average a loss incurred or damage suffered by a ship or its cargo at sea 3

noun average the equitable apportionment of such loss among the interested parties 3

noun average a simple or weighted average of the prices of a selected group of securities computed in order to facilitate market comparisons 3

adjective average usual or typical 3

adjective average mediocre or inferior 3

adjective average constituting a numerical average 3

adjective average approximately typical of a range of values 3

verb average to obtain or estimate a numerical average of 3

verb average to assess the general quality of 3

verb average to perform or receive a typical number of 3

verb average to divide up proportionately 3

verb average to amount to or be on average 3

verb average to purchase additional securities in a holding whose price has fallen (average down) or risen (average up) in anticipation of a speculative profit after further increases in price 3

noun average the numerical result obtained by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of quantities; an arithmetic mean 3

noun average grade-point average 3

noun average an approximation of this 3

noun average usual or normal kind, amount, quality, rate, etc. 3

noun average a number or value of a set of values carefully defined to typify the set, as a median or mode 3

noun average batting average 3

noun average a loss incurred by damage to a ship at sea or to its cargo 3

noun average an incurring of such loss 3

noun average the equitable division of such loss among the interested parties 3

noun average a charge arising from such loss 3

noun average any of various small charges paid by the master of a ship, as for pilotage or towage 3

adjective average constituting an average 3

adjective average intermediate in value, rate, etc.; hence, normal or ordinary 3

intransitive verb average to be or amount to on an average 3

intransitive verb average to buy or sell additional fixed amounts, as of shares of stock, at lower or higher prices over time so as to get a better average price 3

intransitive verb average to invest, as in shares of stock, fixed amounts of money at regular intervals so as to buy more at lower prices and less at higher prices 3

verb transitive average to calculate the average or mean of 3

verb transitive average to do, take, etc. on an average 3

verb transitive average to divide proportionately among more than two 3

adjective average statistics: mean 1

adjective average typical, normal 1

noun average statistical mean 1

noun average standard 1

adjective average mediocre 1

noun average sport: average score 1

intransitive verb average total on average 1

transitive verb average calculate the mean of 1

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