average

Adjective

• 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)
  • the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
    
  • the median income for the year was $15,000
    

• relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
  • the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
    

• around the middle of a scale of evaluation
  • an orange of average size
    
  • intermediate capacity
    
  • medium bombers
    

• lacking exceptional quality or ability
  • a novel of average merit
    
  • only a fair performance of the sonata
    
  • in fair health
    
  • the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
    
  • the performance was middling at best
    

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
  • average people
    
  • the ordinary (or common) man in the street
    

• 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
    

Noun

• an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
  • he is about average in height
    
  • the snowfall this month is below average
    

• (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

• a statistic describing the location of a distribution
  • it set the norm for American homes
    

Verb

• compute the average of

• achieve or reach on average
  • He averaged a C
    

• amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
  • The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  median(a) , modal(a) , intermediate , medium , fair , mediocre , middling , ordinary , mean(a) , norm , average out