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average /ˈav(ə)rɪdʒ /
▸ noun
1 the result obtained by adding several amounts together and then dividing this total by the number of amounts; the mean:
the proportion of over-60s is above the EU average of 19 per cent.
▪ an amount, standard, level, or rate regarded as usual or ordinary:
underground water reserves are below average
they take about thirty minutes on average.
2 [mass noun] the apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.
▪ reduction in the amount payable under an insurance policy, e.g. in respect of partial loss.
▸ adjective constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts:
the average temperature in May was 4°C below normal.
▪ of the usual or ordinary amount, standard, level, or rate:
a woman of average height.
▪ having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person, group, or thing:
the average lad likes a good night out.
▪ mediocre; not very good:
a very average director making very average movies.
▸ verb [with obj.] amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean:
annual inflation averaged 2.4 per cent.
▪ calculate or estimate the average of:
the women earned only £35 weekly when their seasonal earnings were averaged out.
▪ [no obj.] (average out) result in an even distribution; even out:
it is reasonable to hope that the results will average out.
▪ [no obj.] (average out at/to) result in an average figure of:
the cost should average out at about £6 per page.
– DERIVATIVES averagely adverb
averageness noun
– ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French avarie ‘damage to ship or cargo’, earlier ‘customs duty’, from Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awār ‘damage to goods’; the suffix -age is on the pattern of damage. Originally denoting a duty payable by the owner of goods to be shipped, the term later denoted the financial liability from goods lost or damaged at sea, and specifically the equitable apportionment of this between the owners of the vessel and of the cargo (late 16th cent.); this gave rise to the general sense of calculating the mean (mid 18th cent.).