average
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪd͡ʒ/ verb C1- To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean. · If you average 10, 20, and 24, you get 18.
- Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of. · The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.· I averaged 75% in my examinations this year.
- To divide among a number, according to a given proportion. · to average a loss
- To be, generally or on average.
He/she/it averages · Past averaged · Past participle averaged · -ing form averaging
Verb forms
- Base form
- average
- He/she/it
- averages
- Past
- averaged
- Past participle
- averaged
- -ing form
- averaging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow.
Amazingly, that is enough drinking water to last an average person for over two years.
Instead of feeling empowered by this dazzling cornucopia, the average consumer frequently experiences a paralyzing sense of cognitive bewilderment.
He proposed manufacturing books that would cost no more than a modest railway ticket, making them accessible to the average worker.
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