"average" Definition

Definitions for the word "average" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 usual amount, extent, or rate. 2 amount obtained by adding two or more numbers and dividing by how many there are. 3 (with ref. To speed etc.) Ratio obtained by subtracting the inital from the final value of each element of the ratio (average of 50 miles per hour). 4 law damage to or loss of a ship or cargo. adj. 1 a usual, ordinary. B mediocre. 2 constituting an average (the average age is 72). v. (-ging) 1 amount on average to. 2 do on average. 3 estimate the average of. average out (at) result in an average (of). Law of averages principle that if one of two extremes occurs the other will also. On (or on an) average as an average rate or estimate. [arabic, = damaged goods]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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