| ADJECTIVE | all | average, mean | approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value |
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| all | average, ordinary | lacking special distinction, rank, or status | |
| all | average, fair, mediocre, middling | lacking exceptional quality or ability | |
| all | average, intermediate, medium | around the middle of a scale of evaluation | |
| all | average, modal | relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution | |
| all | average, median | 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) | |
| VERB | stative | average, average out | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain |
| social | average | achieve or reach on average | |
| cognition | average, average out | compute the average of | |
| NOUN | cognition | average, norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution |
| relation | average | (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities | |
| cognition | average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual |
| Sounds | ae'verihjh; ae'vrahjh; ae'vrihjh | |
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| Rhymes | abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... | |
| acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh... | ||
| Meaning | Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value. | |
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| Synonym | mean | |
| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Broader | normal | conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm |
| Spanish | media, medio | |
| Catalan | mitja | |
| Nouns | average | a statistic describing the location of a distribution |
| averageness | the state of being that is average | |
| Meaning | lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered. | |
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| Example | "average people" | |
| Synonym | ordinary | |
| Broader | common | Having no special distinction or quality |
| Spanish | corriente | |
| Catalan | corrent | |
| Nouns | averageness | ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding |
| averageness | the state of being that is average | |
| Meaning | Lacking exceptional quality or ability. | |
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| Synonyms | fair, mediocre, middling | |
| Broader | ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
| Spanish | corriente, justo, mediano, mediocre, ordinario, regular | |
| Catalan | corrent, mediocre, ordinari, regular | |
| Nouns | averageness | ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding |
| averageness | the state of being that is average | |
| Meaning | Around the middle of a scale of evaluation. | |
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| Example | "an orange of average size" | |
| Synonyms | intermediate, medium | |
| Broader | moderate | Within reasonable or average limits |
| Spanish | intermedio, mediano, medio | |
| Catalan | intermedi, intermig, mig, mitjà | |
| Meaning | relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution. | |
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| Synonym | modal | |
| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Broader | normal | conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm |
| Spanish | modal | |
| Catalan | modal | |
| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Synonym | median | |
| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Broader | normal | conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm |
| Spanish | medio | |
| Meaning | A statistic describing the location of a distribution. | |
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| Synonym | norm | |
| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Narrower | age norm | The average age at which particular performances are expected to appear |
| mean, mean value | An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n | |
| median, median value | The value below which 50% of the cases fall | |
| mode, modal value | The most frequent value of a random variable | |
| Broader | statistic | A datum that can be represented numerically |
| Spanish | media, promedio, término medio | |
| Catalan | norma, terme mitjà | |
| Adjectives | average | approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value |
| Verbs | average | compute the average of |
| average | achieve or reach on average | |
| average | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain | |
| Meaning | (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities. | |
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| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Narrower | batting average, hitting average | (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance |
| fielding average | (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance | |
| Broader | ratio | The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |
| Meaning | An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual. | |
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| Broader | scale value | A value on some scale of measurement |
| Meaning | Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" | |
| Synonym | average out | |
| Broader | total, number, add up, come, amount | add up in number or quantity |
| Nouns | average | a statistic describing the location of a distribution |
| Meaning | achieve or reach on average. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He averaged a C" | |
| Broader | achieve, accomplish, attain, reach | To gain with effort |
| Spanish | promediar | |
| Nouns | average | a statistic describing the location of a distribution |
| Meaning | compute the average of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | average out | |
| Category | arithmetic | The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations |
| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Spanish | calcular la media, promediar | |
| Nouns | average | a statistic describing the location of a distribution |
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