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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024av•er•age /ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -aged, -ag•ing. n. - Mathematics, the number that results from adding several quantities together and then dividing that total by the number of quantities that were added;
arithmetic mean:[countable]Their high-school averages were very high, usually 97 or above. - a typical, usual, or normal amount, rate, degree, level, etc.: [countable; usually singular]The people in that village lived for an average of seventy years.[uncountable]Her work is well above average.
adj. - [before a noun] of, relating to, or forming an average: The average rainfall is only six inches a year.
- typical;
common;
ordinary:[before a noun]the average person. - of middle quality;
fair:got only average grades in school.
v. - to find an average of:[~ + object]She averaged the scores of her last three tests and came up with 93.
- to do, have, or get on the average:[~ + object]to average seven hours of sleep a night.
- Businessaverage out, [ + out (+ to + object)]]
- to reach or show an average:My taxes average out to a third of my income. I earn different amounts each month, but it usually averages out.
Idioms- Idioms on the or an average, usually;
typically:On the average I see about ten students a day.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024av•er•age (av′ər ij, av′rij),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -aged, -ag•ing. n. - Mathematicsa quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean:Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- a typical amount, rate, degree, etc.;
norm. - Statistics, MathematicsSee arithmetic mean.
- Mathematicsa quantity intermediate to a set of quantities.
- Business[Com.]
- a charge paid by the master of a ship for such services as pilotage or towage.
- an expense, partial loss, or damage to a ship or cargo.
- the incidence of such an expense or loss to the owners or their insurers.
- an equitable apportionment among all the interested parties of such an expense or loss. Cf. general average, particular average.
- on the or an average, usually;
typically:She can read 50 pages an hour, on the average.
adj. - of or pertaining to an average;
estimated by average;
forming an average:The average rainfall there is 180 inches. - typical;
common;
ordinary:The average secretary couldn't handle such a workload. His grades were nothing special, only average.
v.t. - to find an average value for (a variable quantity);
reduce to a mean:We averaged the price of milk in five neighborhood stores. - (of a variable quantity) to have as its arithmetic mean:Wheat averages 56 pounds to a bushel.
- to do or have on the average:He averages seven hours of sleep a night.
v.i. - to have or show an average:to average as expected.
- Law average down, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a lower price to reduce the average cost of one's holdings.
- Law average out:
- to come out of a security or commodity transaction with a profit or without a loss.
- to reach an average or other figure:His taxes should average out to about a fifth of his income.
- Law average up, to purchase more of a security or commodity at a higher price to take advantage of a contemplated further rise in prices.
- Arabic ‘awārīyah damaged merchandise), with -age replacing -ay
- Old Italian avaria
- Middle French avarie
- earlier averay charge on goods shipped, origin, originally duty (1485–95
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