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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, verb
- features:
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adjective |
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When you say something is average, you mean it is of the usual or most common kind. If you had an average day, it means that it was not very different from any other day. It was the usual, ordinary kind of day.
My dad says he is just an average man, but my mom says that he is very smart and special and not average at all.There are seven children in Jenna's family, so it is larger than the average family in America.- synonyms:
- normal, typical
- antonyms:
- extreme
- similar words:
- common, moderate, ordinary, standard, usual
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Sometimes when we say something is average, we mean that it is not really bad or really good. It is just in the middle.
Cody's brother is just an average swimmer, but Cody is really good.- antonyms:
- awful, excellent, outstanding, superior
- similar words:
- acceptable, fair
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adequate, medium, mild, routine, simple |
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noun |
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An average is a number. You get an average by adding two or more numbers together and then dividing the answer you get by the number of numbers that you added. For example, when you add three numbers together and then divide that answer by three, you get an average of all the numbers. If you add five and seven and three, you get fifteen for your answer. Then, when you divide fifteen by three, you get an average of five.
The average of four, six, and two is four. This is because four plus six plus two equals twelve, and twelve divided by three is four. |
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ordinary |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
averages, averaging, averaged |
| definition 1: |
If you average the number of miles you ride your bicycle in a week, you add up the number of miles you rode every day, then divide that number by seven.
To figure out each student's final grade, the teacher averages their test scores. She adds up all the scores for each student and then divides that number by the number of tests. |
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If the temperature in a certain area averages around 80 degrees in the summer, then around 80 degrees is the average temperature. Some days are hotter and some days are cooler, but 80 is the average.
Mr. Reese likes exercise. He averages about an hour of exercise every day. |
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