Dictionary definition · average
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"
verb
- amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain"The number of hours I work per week averages out to 40"
- achieve or reach on average"He averaged a C"
- compute the average of
adjective
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value"the average income in New England is below that of the nation"
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered"average people"
- lacking exceptional quality or ability"a novel of average merit"
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation"an orange of average size"
- 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"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).