average, adj.
freq. cnt. 45
freq. cnt. 45
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 50 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 16
average mean
sample sentences
"the average income in New England is below that of the nation""of average height for his age"
"the mean annual rainfall"
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lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4
average ordinary
sample sentences
"average people""the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
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semantic pointers
similar to
lacking exceptional quality or ability
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
average fair mediocre middling
sample sentences
"a novel of average merit""only a fair performance of the sonata"
"in fair health"
"the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"
"the performance was middling at best"
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semantic pointers
similar to
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
average intermediate medium
sample sentences
"an orange of average size""intermediate capacity"
"medium bombers"
semantic pointers
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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)
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
average median
sample sentences
"the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20""the median income for the year was $15,000"
lexical pointers
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relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
average modal
sample sentences
"the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
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