Main entry: average
Definition: an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
Usage: he is about average in height; the snowfall this month is below average
Definition: a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Usage: it set the norm for American homes
Main entry: average
Definition: (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
Main entry: average, average out
Definition: compute the average of
Main entry: average
Definition: achieve or reach on average
Usage: He averaged a C
Main entry: average, average out
Definition: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
Usage: The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
Definition: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
Usage: average people; the ordinary (or common) man in the street
Main entry: average, intermediate, medium
Definition: around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Usage: an orange of average size; intermediate capacity; medium bombers
Definition: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Usage: the average income in New England is below that of the nation; of average height for his age; the mean annual rainfall
Definition: 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)
Usage: the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20; the median income for the year was $15,000
Definition: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Usage: the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
Main entry: average, fair, mediocre, middling
Definition: lacking exceptional quality or ability
Usage: 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