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average::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ordinary |
| Derivation | averageness |
average people.
average::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | intermediate, medium |
an orange of average size.
average::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mean |
| Derivation | averageness |
the average income in New England is below that of the nation.
of average height for his age.
average::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | norm |
| Type of | statistic |
| Has types | median, modal value, mode, age norm, median value, mean, mean value |
average::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | median |
average::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | modal |
average::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | scale value |
he is about average in height.
the snowfall this month is below average.
average::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ratio |
| Has types | hitting average, batting average, fielding average |
Examples of average
average
Was last season's .248 average a mirage or an indication of a player in decline?
From the stltoday.com
If he's playing in an average or poor lineup, his numbers would be weak at best.
From the newsday.com
On average, only about half the students who enroll in online classes pass them.
From the thenewstribune.com
High temperatures were above average for most of the first 20 days of the month.
From the thenewstribune.com
Under a previous offer, victims would have been paid about $349,000, on average.
From the bloomberg.com
The sacrifices we face now are not just on the backs of average boomers like us.
From the washingtontimes.com
For an album with only four up-tempo tunes, that's a pretty bad batting average.
From the sacbee.com
They tied or surpassed the NBA average in revenue, according to Forbes magazine.
From the sacbee.com
This might be a statistical freak by an otherwise average or merely good player.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
- A statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
- Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
- (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- Achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"
- Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
- In mathematics, an average, or central tendency of a data set is a measure of the "middle" value of the data set.
- In computer science, best, worst and average cases of a given algorithm express what the resource usage is at least, at most and on average, respectively. Usually the resource being considered is running time, but it could also be memory or other resources.
- In sports, an average of a certain skill denotes the expected value of the skill level of the participant in the given sport. It is basically a central tendency that takes into account the various performances of the player and generates an expected performance under typical conditions.
