AVERAGE
(noun, adj.sat, verb, adj.)Definitions
How to pronounce average:
Average - as a noun
A statistic describing the location of a distribution
Example: "It set the norm for american homes"
(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
Example: "He is about average in height"
Average - as an adjective satellite
Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Example: "The average income in new england is below that of the nation"
Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
Example: "Average people"
Lacking exceptional quality or ability
Example: "A novel of average merit"
Around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Example: "An orange of average size"
Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Example: "The modal age at which american novelists reach their peak is 30"
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)
Example: "The median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"
Average - as a verb
Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
Example: "The number of hours i work per week averages out to 40"
Achieve or reach on average
Example: "He averaged a c"
Average - as an adjective
Constituting or relating to the average.
Example: "The average age of the participants was 18.5."
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
Example: "I soon found i was only an average chess player."
Typical.
Example: "The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product."
Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
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Word Game Points
AVERAGE has a SCRABBLE points total of 11.
AVERAGE has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 13.
AVERAGE has a WORDFEUD points total of 12.
