average - Meaning in Tamil

average - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of average in English

average adjective

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

   Examples

   • "average people"
   • "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
2. around the middle of a scale of evaluation

   Examples

   • "an orange of average size"
   • "intermediate capacity"
   • "medium bombers"
3. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

   Examples

   • "of average height for his age"
   • "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"
   • "the mean annual rainfall"
4. 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)

   Examples

   • "the median income for the year was $15,000"
   • "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"
5. relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

   Example

   • "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
6. lacking exceptional quality or ability

   Examples

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

average noun

1. an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

   Examples

   • "he is about average in height"
   • "the snowfall this month is below average"
2. a statistic describing the location of a distribution

   Example

   • "it set the norm for American homes"
3. (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities

average verb

1. compute the average of
2. achieve or reach on average

   Example

   • "He averaged a C"
3. amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

   Example

   • "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

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