Definition of Average

Adjective: average a-vu-rij or av-rij

(statistics) approximating the statistical norm, average or expected value
"the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age";
- mean
Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
"average people"; "the average man in the street";
- ordinary
Lacking exceptional quality or ability
"a novel of average merit"; "the calibre of the students has gone from mediocre to above average";
- fair, mediocre, middling
Around the middle of a scale of evaluation
"an orange of average size";
- intermediate, medium
(statistics) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
"the average age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30";
- modal
(statistics) 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)
- median

Verb: average a-vu-rij or av-rij

Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
"The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40";
- average out
Achieve or reach on average
"He averaged a C"
(arithmetic) compute the average of
- average out

Noun: average a-vu-rij or av-rij

(statistics) a statistic describing the location of a distribution
"it set the average for American homes";
- norm
(sport) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
"he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average"