Dictionary Check: average
"average" is a valid word!
Scrabble
11
points
Words with Friends
13
points
Definition
adjective
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Example:
"the average income in New England is below that of the nation"
adjective
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
Example:
"average people"
adjective
lacking exceptional quality or ability
Example:
"a novel of average merit"
adjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Example:
"an orange of average size"
adjective
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Example:
"the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
adjective
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)
Example:
"the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"
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