Adjective

average (more average, most average)

1. Relating to the average.

   The average age of the participants was 18.5

2. Unremarkable, typical.

   I soon found I was only an average chess player.

   The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.

See also

• above average
• below average

Translations

• Dutch: gemiddelde
• French: moyen m, moyenne f
• German: durchschnittlich
• Italian: medio m, media f
• Portuguese: médio f, média f
• Spanish: medio m, media f

Noun

average (plural averages )

1. The arithmetic mean.

   The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.

2. In several sports, an indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record etc.

Usage note

The term average may refer to the statistical mean, median or mode of a distribution. Statisticians and responsible news sources are careful to use the proper term. Common usage refers to the arithmetic mean. It is a common rhetorical trick to call the most favorable of mean, median and mode the "average".

Related terms

• batting average
• bowling average
• law of averages

See also

• measure of central tendency
• mean, arithmetic mean

Translations

• Chinese: 平均 (2)
• Dutch: gemiddelde n (2)
• Finnish: keskiarvo
• French: moyenne f (2)
• Italian: media f (2)
• Japanese: 平均 (2)
• Korean: 평균 (2)
• Portuguese: média f (2)
• Slovak: priemer m (2)
• Spanish: promedio m (2)

Verb

to average (averages , averaged , averaging )

1. To compute the average of.

   If you average 10, 20 and 24 you get 18.

Related terms

• average out