average

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   around the middle of a scale of evaluation

   an orange of average size

2. 2
   adj

   approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

   the average income in New England is below that of the nation

3. 3
   adj

   lacking exceptional quality or ability

   a novel of average merit

4. 4
   noun

   an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

   I am about average in height.

5. 5
   verb

   to compute the average of

   I averaged all the numbers and it looks like we are in the black this month.

6. 6
   verb

   to achieve or reach on average

   I averaged a C on my last report card.

7. 7
   verb

   to amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

   The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40.

8. 8
   noun

   Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

   You need to show some averages in an executive summary, show some samples of raw data in the document body, and move the full raw data to an appendix.

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic عَوَار (ʕawār) Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Proto-Afroasiatic *-t Proto-Semitic *-at- Arabic ـَة (-a) Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya) Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya)bor.? Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Old Italian avére Old Italian -ìa ? Old Italian avariabor. Old French avarie Middle French avarie Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age Eng…