average out
Definition
Verb: 1. To result in a particular figure as a mean or typical amount when calculated over a period or across instances. This describes the process where individual, varying amounts combine or are calculated to produce an average value. 2. To calculate the arithmetic mean of a set of numbers. This is the specific mathematical action of finding the average.
Usage and Examples
- Verb (Result in an average):
- My weekly hours average out at around 37. (The total hours over several weeks, when divided, result in a mean of 37 per week.)
- Some meals are expensive and some are cheap, but they average out to a reasonable monthly food budget. (The high and low costs balance each other to create a typical moderate cost.)
- Verb (Calculate the average):
- To find the class mean, average out the test scores of all 30 students. (Compute the arithmetic mean of the scores.)
- The system automatically averages out the daily temperatures. (It performs the calculation to find the mean temperature.)
Advanced Usage
- "average out at/to [figure]": This common collocation specifies the resulting average amount.
- Our travel expenses averaged out to $100 per day.
- "average something out": This phrasal verb structure emphasizes the action of calculating.
- Can you average these figures out for the report?
Variants and Related Words
- Average (noun): The result obtained by adding several amounts together and then dividing by the number of amounts.
- The average of 2, 4, and 6 is 4.
- Average (verb): To calculate or amount to as an average.
- I average eight hours of sleep a night.
- Average (adjective): Typical or common; constituting a mean.
- An average temperature.
Synonyms
- Balance out: To become equal or stable.
- Even out: To become level or regular.
- Work out to: To result in a particular amount when calculated.
- Compute the mean: (Formal) To calculate the average.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Even out: To become level, steady, or equal. (Focuses more on the process of becoming stable rather than the mathematical calculation.)
- The road evens out after the steep hill.
- Prices should even out after the holiday season.
Verb
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amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
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The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
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compute the average of
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