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Definition of to average in English English dictionary: An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc
batting average.; The arithmetic mean
The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.; Constituting or relating to the average
The average age of the participants was 18.5.; Bad or undesirable; To compute the arithmetic mean of
If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.; Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode (see Usage notes below); {s} intermediate; regular, common; {v} to reduce to a mean; {n} a mean proportion, a medium; {a} relating to a mean or medium; In mathematics, an average, or central tendency of a data set refers to a measure of the "middle" or "expected" value of the data set. There are many different descriptive statistics that can be chosen as a measurement of the central tendency of the data items. The most common method is the arithmetic mean, but there are more than one type of average (median being another common example); avg; To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean; An average person or thing is typical or normal. The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day; A statistic which describes some facet of a player's performance Examples are batting average, slugging average, earned run average, and fielding average Refer to the statistics page for the proper formulae to calculate these statistics; Also known as an index, a mathematical computation that indicates the value of a number of securities as a group The three most popular averages are the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500, and the New York Stock Exchange Composite The average, which may be market-weighted, share-weighted, or price-weighted, indicates performance; That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc; a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" compute the average of achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C" amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers" approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best; Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc; An amount or quality that is the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people. Most areas suffered more rain than usual, with Northern Ireland getting double the average for the month. = norm Average is also an adjective. £2.20 for a beer is average. a woman of average height; the statistical mean; the sum of a set of values divided by the number of values in the set; To average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time. We averaged 42 miles per hour; A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function; the usual or ordinary kind or quality For example, since we have monitored precipitation at the HBEF for over 40 years, we can calculate how much precipitation falls on an "average," or normal year However, rarely in any single year does the average amount of precipitation fall That is, precipitation at the HBEF is variable, with annual precipitation levels frequently being much higher or lower than the calculated average, or normal year; In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets; relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"; Typical; a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"; An arithmetic mean of selected stocks intended to represent the behavior of the market or some component of it An example is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which adds the current prices of the 30 DJIA's stocks, and divides the results by a predetermined number, the divisor; Exactly or approximately the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures (A quotient (noun) is the number obtained when one quantity is divided by another ); A tariff or duty on goods, etc; compute the average of; Mean, arithmetic mean, sum of a given number of items or measurements dividend by the number of the items of observations; 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. Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred. = mean Average is also an adjective. The average price of goods rose by just 2.2% = mean; law of averages: see law; {i} mean, median; Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of; A sometimes vague term It usually denotes the arithmetic mean, but it can also denote the median, the mode, the geometric mean, and weighted means, among other things; relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"; achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"; Often called the mean, the average is a common statistical method used to calculate central tendency The average is found by adding all numbers together and dividing the total by the sum of the numbers; Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category; generally refers to the mean (i e the sum of the values divided by the number of observations); The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested; around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"; Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc; You say on average or on an average to indicate that a number is the average of several numbers. American shares rose, on average, by 38%; Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better. I was only average academically; The sum of a group of numbers divided by the total number of values in the group; on an average; You use average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same. It takes an average of ten weeks for a house sale to be completed; In marine insurance: a loss or damage to or in respect of goods or equipment The numerical result obtained by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of quantities; To do, accomplish, get, etc; The total of the amounts found in all samples, divided by the number of samples taken Español; To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss; The sum of all the marked values for a particular question divided by the number of respondents (N) who answered that question Please refer to, Tally your group's workbook surveys to see how the average is calculated The average is also sometimes referred to as "the mean "; Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10; It is better to avoid this sometimes vague term It usually refers to the (arithmetic) mean, but it can also signify the median, the mode, the geometric mean, and weighted means, among other things (cf Mean, Median and Mode Discussion); amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"; the sum of the values, divided by the number of values; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp; Any measure of central tendency, especially the mean, median or mode (see Usage notes below); division of the sum by the count -- "What is the average number of car thefts " (206); of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best; An arithmetic mean of selected stocks intended to represent the behavior of the market or some component of it One good example is the widely quoted Dow Jones Industrial Average, which adds the current prices of the 30 DJIA's stocks, and divides the results by a predetermined number, the divisor; To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length; {f} have a mean of -, have a median of -; A statistic calculated by summing a set of data values and dividing by the number of values Used to measure the center of a sample of variable data; If you say that something is true on average, you mean that it is generally true. On average, American firms remain the most productive in the world; In various sports, an indication of a players ability calculated from his scoring record, etc; An arithmetic mean return of selected stocks intended to represent the behavior of the market or some component of it One good example is the widely quoted Dow Jones Industrial Average, which adds the current prices of the 30 DJIA stocks, and divides the results by a predetermined number, the divisor