average — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

   Esempi

   You need to show some averages in an executive summary, show some samples of raw data in the document body, and move the full raw data to an appendix.

   Altri esempi (1)

   In conclusion, it may savour of anticlimax to mention that from May 22 the famous "Sud Express," over the same route, has been covering the 359.7 miles from Paris Austerlitz to Bordeaux in 4 hr. 59 min. daily, at a start-to-stop average of 72.2 m.p.h., and that the northbound train has been taking 5 hr. 7 min. for an average of 70.3.

2. Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. The arithmetic mean.

   Sinonimi

   mean

   Termini più generali

   mean

   Esempi

   The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.

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   But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

3. A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

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   Historically, the courts have allowed a general average claim only where the loss occurred as a result of the ship being in immediate peril.[…]The court awarded the carrier the general average claim. It noted that “a ship′s master should not be discouraged from taking timely action to avert a disaster,” and need not be in actual peril to claim general average.

4. A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss. Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.

   Uso

   • datato

5. A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss. Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

6. An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

   Esempi

   batting average

Aggettivo

1. Constituting or relating to the average.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinonimi

   meanexpectation

   Esempi

   The average age of the participants was 18.5.

2. Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.

   Sinonimi

   comme ci comme çamediocremediummiddlingunremarkableso-so

   Contrari

   extraordinary

   Esempi

   I soon found I was only an average chess player.

3. Typical.

   Sinonimi

   conventionalnormalregularstandardtypicalusualbog-standard

   Esempi

   The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.

   We tend to think that exceptionally attractive men and women are outstanding but the fact is that they are more average than most.

   Altri esempi (2)

   Things that never would occur to more average children, with and without AD/HD, will give these children nightmares.

   In other words, highly attractive people like highly attractive communicators and more average people like more average communicators.

4. Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

   Uso

   • informale

   Sinonimi

   ordinaryunexceptional

   Esempi

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   The graphics, sound, and most everything else are all very average. However, the main thing that brings this game down are the controls - they feel very clumsy and awkward at times.

   But what the vast majority of the populace doesn′t realise is the fact that he′s only on TV because he became famous from one case, Winona Ryder's, which, by the way, he lost because he′s only a very average attorney.

   In the piano stool there was a stack of music, mostly sentimental ballads intended to be sung by people with very average voices accompanied by not very competent pianists.

Verbo

1. To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   If you average 10, 20, and 24, you get 18.

2. Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.

   I averaged 75% in my examinations this year.

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   The five roller-bearing A1s are now averaging 120,000 miles between shopping; this figure is an improvement of about 50 per cent on the norm of other ex-L.N.E. Pacific types.

   This comes after the center topped the charts last year, becoming the first player at the position since four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal to win the scoring title and the first center to average over 30 PPG in 40 years – Embiid averaged 30.6.

3. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   to average a loss

4. To be, generally or on average.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Esempi

   Gulls average much larger than terns, with stouter build […]

Sostantivo

1. The feudal service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • obsoleto

Aggettivo

1. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

   Sinonimi

   mean

   Esempi

   the average income in New England is below that of the nation

   of average height for his age

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   the mean annual rainfall

2. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

   Sinonimi

   ordinary

   Esempi

   average people

   the ordinary (or common) man in the street

3. lacking exceptional quality or ability

   Sinonimi

   fairmediocremiddling

   Esempi

   a novel of average merit

   only a fair performance of the sonata

   Altri esempi (3)

   in fair health

   the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average

   the performance was middling at best

4. around the middle of a scale of evaluation

   Sinonimi

   intermediatemedium

   Esempi

   an orange of average size

   intermediate capacity

   Altri esempi (1)

   medium bombers

5. relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

   Sinonimi

   modal

   Esempi

   the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30

6. 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)

   Sinonimi

   median

   Esempi

   the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20

   the median income for the year was $15,000

Sostantivo

1. a statistic describing the location of a distribution

   Sinonimi

   norm

   Termini più generali

   statistic

   Esempi

   it set the norm for American homes

2. (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

   Termini più generali

   ratio

3. an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

   Termini più generali

   scale value

   Esempi

   he is about average in height

   the snowfall this month is below average

Verbo

1. amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

   Sinonimi

   average out

   Termini più generali

   totalnumberadd upcomeamount

   Esempi

   The number of hours I work per week averages out to 40

2. achieve or reach on average

   Termini più generali

   achieveaccomplishattainreach

   Esempi

   He averaged a C

3. compute the average of

   Sinonimi

   average out

   Termini più generali

   calculateciphercyphercomputework outreckonfigure