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average

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the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts:

Examples:

The average of the three numbers 7, 12, and 20 is 13, because the total of 7, 12, and 20 is 39, and 39 divided by 3 is 13.
average of Prices have risen by an average of four percent over the past year.
on average My income's rather variable, but I earn Ā£175 a day on average.
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in cricket, the average number of runs scored by a batter in each innings, or the average number of runs scored from a bowler for each time they end a batter's turn to hit the ball:

Examples:

With two centuries in the season, she had the best average of all the players on the team.
The spinner has a relatively high average but took a lot of wickets.
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in baseball, a number that shows how good a player is at hitting the ball, that is calculated by dividing the number of times the player hit the ball by the number of times they have been at bat:

Examples:

He has raised his average and home run totals every year.
With an average of .280, he's one of the most reliable hitters on the team.
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a standard or level that is considered to be typical or usual:

Examples:

The audience figures were lower than average for this sort of film.
the average In western Europe, a seven to eight-hour working day is about the average.
on average On average, people who don't smoke are healthier than people who do.
below average The quality of candidates was well below average.
above average The quality of the wedding cake was well above average.
an average of I expect to spend an average of $50 to $60 on a meal in a restaurant.
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to reach a particular amount as an average:

Examples:

Enquiries to our office average 1,000 calls a month.
Many doctors average (= work an average of) 70 hours a week.
Trainee accountants average (= earn an average of) Ā£32,000 per year.
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An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts:

Examples:

average earnings average earnings
average income average income
average rainfall average rainfall
average age The average age of the US soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War was 19.
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typical and usual:

Examples:

The average person on the street is a lot better off than they were 40 years ago.
a student of average ability
The food was fairly average (= not excellent, although not bad).
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a standard or level that is considered to be typical or usual:

Examples:

The quality of her work is well above average.
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the result obtained by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts, or by another total:

Examples:

Iā€™m 35 and my brothers are 32 and 26, so the average of our ages is 31.
In his third season on the team, he raised his batting average to .270.
Interest rates rose on average to 10.05% in January.
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the result that you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing this total by the number of amounts:

Examples:

daily/monthly/quarterly average Trading was 297 million shares, down from the three-month daily average of 313 million shares.
The state's unemployment rate remained well below the national average of 5.7 percent.
an average of Its economy has grown at an annual average of 3.6% for the past seven years.
Regulators are careful to stress that the performance figures are only averages - some companies performed better.
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a level or standard that is considered to be typical for a particular place, group of people, type of business, etc.:

Examples:

above/below (the) average Our companies' profitability is above the sector average.
Most of these businesses match industry averages in job creation.
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an average that is based on a particular group of companies' shares, which is used to represent changes in the stock market or to show which types of businesses are getting the most investors:

Examples:

the industrial average
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Examples:

On average, only about half of the consumers who qualify for a rebate actually collect it.
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used to describe an amount that you get by adding two or more amounts together and then dividing by the number of amounts:

Examples:

average price/cost/value Price rises were strong in Wales, where the average cost of a property jumped by 31.8%.
average age/speed/rate The average age of the 'Times' reader is fairly low at 42.
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typical and usual:

Examples:

The cost of health insurance has risen above the means of the average worker.
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not bad, but not excellent either:

Examples:

Despite high expectations, sales levels last quarter were only average.
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to equal a particular rate or amount as an average:

Examples:

Traffic on its free website averages about 10,000 visitors a month.
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to calculate the average amount of something by adding all the amounts together and then dividing this by the number of amounts:

Examples:

Each quarter, the magazine polls a group of forecasters and averages their predictions for economic growth.

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