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How to pronounce average
Say it like this: /ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does average mean?
nounAny measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
The arithmetic mean.
“The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.”
A financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
adjConstituting 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.”
verbTo compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
“If you average 10, 20, and 24, you get 18.”
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.”
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
“to average a loss”
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