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Brown 1874 /* Etymology */ ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|fro}} {{term|avarie|lang=fro}} < {{etyl|it}} {{term|avaria|lang=it}} < {{etyl|ar}} {{term|عوارية|sc=Arab|tr=ʕawārīya||damaged goods}} < {{term|عوار|sc=Arab|tr=ʕawār||fault, blemish, defect, flaw}} < {{term|عور|sc=Arab|tr=ʕáwira||to lose an eye}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|En-us-average.ogg|audio (US)}} * {{IPA|/ˈævəɹɪdʒ/}}, {{SAMPA|/"{v@r\IdZ/}} ===Noun=== {{wikipedia}} {{en-noun}} # {{arithmetic}} The [[arithmetic mean]]. #: ''The '''average''' of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.'' # {{statistics}} Any [[measure of central tendency]], especially any [[mean]], the [[median]], or the [[mode]] (''see Usage notes below''). # {{sport}} An [[indication]] of a [[player]]'s [[ability]] [[calculate]]d from his [[score|scoring]] [[record]], etc. #: ''batting '''average''''' ====Usage notes==== * The term '''average''' may refer to the statistical [[mean]], [[median]] or [[mode]] of a batch, sample, or distribution, or sometimes any other [[measure of central tendency]]. Statisticians and responsible news sources are careful to use whichever of these specific terms is appropriate. In common usage, '''average''' refers to the [[arithmetic mean]]. It is, however, a common rhetorical trick to call the most favorable of mean, median and mode the "average" depending on the interpretation of a set of figures that the speaker or writer wants to promote. ====Coordinate terms==== * {{sense|measure of central tendency}} [[arithmetic mean]], [[geometric mean]], [[harmonic mean]], [[mean]], [[median]], [[mode]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|terms derived from ''average (noun)''}} * [[above average]] * [[batting average]] * [[bowling average]] {{rel-mid}} * [[below average]] * [[law of averages]] * [[on average]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|arithmetic mean}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|միջին|tr=miǰin|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Chinese: [[平均]] (píngjūn) * Czech: {{t-|cs|průměr|m}} * Dutch: [[gemiddelde]] {{n}} * Esperanto: [[meznombro]], [[aritmetika meznombro]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|keskiarvo}} * French: {{t+|fr|moyenne|f}} * German: [[Durchschnitt]] {{m}}, [[arithmetisches Mittel]] {{n}} * Greek: [[μέσος όρος]] {{m}} * Hebrew: [[ממוצע]] (memutza) {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|átlag}} * Italian: {{t+|it|media|f}} * Japanese: [[平均]] (へいきん, heikin) * Korean: [[평균]] (pyeong-gyun) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|média|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|среднее|n|tr=srédneje|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovak: [[priemer]] {{m}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|promedio|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|genomsnitt|n}}, {{t|sv|medeltal|n}} * [[Telugu]]: [[సగటు]] (sagaTu), [[సరాసరి]] (saraasari) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|any measure of central tendency}} * Japanese: [[平均]] (へいきん, heikin) * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[ڕاده‌ی ئاسایی]]}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Telugu]]: [[సగటు]] (sagaTu), [[సరాసరి]] (saraasari) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|indication of player's ability}} * [[Telugu]]: [[సగటు]] (sagaTu), [[సరాసరి]] (saraasari) {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Adjective=== '''average''' ({{compar}} '''more average''', {{superl}} '''most average''') # {{not comparable}} Constituting or relating to the average. #: ''The average age of the participants was 18.5.'' # Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. #: ''I soon found I was only an average chess player.'' # Typical. #: ''The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.'' # {{context|Australia|NZ|informal}} [[Bad]] or [[undesirable]]. ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|constituting or relating to the average}} [[mean]]; [[expectation]] {{qualifier|colloquial}} * {{sense|neither very good nor very bad}} [[mediocre]], [[medium]], [[middle]]-[[rank]]ing, [[middling]], [[unremarkable]], [[so-so]], [[comme ci comme ça]] * {{sense|typical}} [[conventional]], [[normal]], [[regular]], [[standard]], [[typical]], [[usual]], [[bog-standard]] {{qualifier|slang}} ====Antonyms==== * {{sense|neither very good nor very bad}} [[extraordinary]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|constituting or relating to the average}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|միջին|tr=miǰin|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|průměrný|m}} * Dutch: [[gemiddelde]] * Esperanto: [[averaĝo]] * Finnish: {{t-|fi|keskimääräinen}} * French: {{t+|fr|moyen|m}}, {{t+|fr|moyenne|f}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|durchschnittlich}} * Italian: {{t+|it|medio|m}}, {{t+|it|media|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|médio|f}}, {{t+|pt|média|f}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|medio|m}}, {{t+|es|media|f}} * [[Telugu]]: [[సగటు]] (sagaTu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|neither very good nor very bad}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|միջին|tr=miǰin|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|průměrný|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|keskinkertainen}}, {{t-|fi|keskimääräinen}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[平凡な]] (heibon na) * [[Telugu]]: [[మోస్తరు]] (mOstaru) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|typical}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|միջին|tr=miǰin|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|průměrný|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tavallinen}}, {{t-|fi|tyypillinen}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[平凡な]] (heibon na) * [[Telugu]]: [[సగటు]] (sagaTu) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|averag|ing}} # {{transitive|informal}} To compute the arithmetic mean of. #: ''If you '''average''' 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.'' # {{transitive}} 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''' 15C.'' ====Derived terms==== * [[average down]] * [[average out]] ====Translations==== {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|French}}: [[moyenner]] {{trans-bottom}} [[am:average]] [[ar:average]] [[bg:average]] [[de:average]] [[et:average]] [[el:average]] [[fa:average]] [[fr:average]] [[io:average]] [[id:average]] [[it:average]] [[sw:average]] [[hu:average]] [[pt:average]] [[ru:average]] [[simple:average]] [[fi:average]] [[sv:average]] [[ta:average]] [[te:average]] [[tr:average]] [[vi:average]] [[zh:average]]