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1. (statistics) approximating the statistical norm, average or expected value
   "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age";
   - mean
    
2. Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
   "average people"; "the average man in the street";
   - ordinary
    
3. Lacking exceptional quality or ability
   "a novel of average merit"; "the calibre of the students has gone from mediocre to above average";
   - fair, mediocre, middling
    
4. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation
   "an orange of average size";
   - intermediate, medium
    
5. (statistics) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
   "the average age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30";
   - modal
    
6. (statistics) 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)
   - median

1. Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
   "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40";
   - average out
    
2. Achieve or reach on average
   "He averaged a C"
    
3. (arithmetic) compute the average of
   - average out

1. (statistics) a statistic describing the location of a distribution
   "it set the average for American homes";
   - norm
    
2. (sport) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
    
3. An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
   "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average"

Derived forms: averaging, averaged, averages

See also: common, moderate, normal, ordinary

Type of: accomplish, achieve, add up, amount, attain, calculate, cipher, come, compute, cypher, figure [N. Amer], number, ratio, reach, reckon, scale value, statistic, total, work out

Encyclopedia: Average