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(adj) ordinary
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
average people; the ordinary (or common) man in the street
(adj) intermediate, medium
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
an orange of average size; intermediate capacity; medium bombers
(adj) mean
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
(adj) median
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
(adj) modal
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
(adj) fair, mediocre, middling
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
(noun) norm
a statistic describing the location of a distribution
it set the norm for American homes
(verb) average out
compute the average of
(verb) average out
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40