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Averages

The arithmetic mean.

📖 Definitions of "Averages"

noun
  1. 1

    The arithmetic mean.

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    (marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

  4. 4

    Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.

verb
  1. 1

    To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.

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

  2. 2

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

    "I averaged 75% in my examinations this year."

  3. 3

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

    "to average a loss"

  4. 4

    To be, generally or on average.

noun
  1. 1

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

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Averages"

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WordDefinition
average outverb(intransitive) To acquire a specified average value as more instances occur.
modalnoun(linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
intermediatenounAnything in an intermediate position.
middlingnounSomething of intermediate or average size, position, or quality.
commonnounThe people; the community.
mediumnounA format for communicating or presenting information.
meannoun(now chiefly in the plural form means, also in a singular sense) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
normnounThat which is normal or typical.
normalnounUsual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
ordinarynounA person with authority; authority, ordinance.
moderatenounOne who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
fairnounSomething which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
mediocrenounA person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim; a common and undistinguished person.
mediannoun(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
meansnounAn instrument or condition to achieve a result.
measuresnounSusceptibility to measurement.
medianoun(often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
mediasnoun(often treated as uncountable) The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
medium-sizenoun
medium-sizedHaving a medium or intermediate size.

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