average
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/]
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1. average (noun) — sense 1
Definition: Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Example: 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.
2. average (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.: The arithmetic mean.
Example: The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.
3. average (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
Example: Historically, the courts have allowed a general average claim only where the loss occurred as a result of the ship being in immediate peril.[…]The court awarded the carrier the general average claim. It noted that “a ship′s master should not be discouraged from taking timely action to avert a disaster,” and need not be in actual peril to claim general average.
4. average (adj) — sense 4
Definition: Constituting or relating to the average.
Example: The average age of the participants was 18.5.
5. average (adj) — sense 5
Definition: Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
Example: I soon found I was only an average chess player.
6. average (adj) — sense 6
Definition: Typical.
Example: The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.
7. average (verb) — sense 7
Definition: To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
Example: If you average 10, 20, and 24, you get 18.
8. average (verb) — sense 8
Definition: Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
Example: The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.
9. average (verb) — sense 9
Definition: To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
Example: to average a loss
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