Average Definition
average
adjective
- 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"
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
- lacking 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"
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "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); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"
noun
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
- (sports) 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"
verb
- amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
- achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"
- compute the average of
"Average" in song lyrics
See how average is used in real songs:
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"But on my worst day, I'm still, better than the average"
1.4.0. Productions f/ Crunch Lo, Lace — Exclusive Darts -
"The Esoteradactyl's rap style's beyond average"
7L and Esoteric f/ Inspectah Deck — Speaking Real Words -
"so i says i strays aways from L.A.'s average"
Aceyalone — Mr. Outsider
Words that rhyme with average
Usage tips for "average"
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