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average

Definition for average

adjective as in numerical mean

Strongest match

median

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intermediate, medium, middle

noun as in normal, typical amount

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median, standard

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mean, medium, middle, midpoint, norm, par, rule

Weak match

usual

verb as in obtain numerical mean

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balance, equate

Weak match

even out

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Example Sentences

If implemented at the higher end, the tariffs now proposed by Trump would cost the average U.S. household over $2,600 per year, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

From Salon

The population of the white-backed vulture, for example, declined by around 90 percent in just three generations -- equivalent to an average decline of 4 percent per year.

Today, resistant microbes appear, on average, within two or three years of a new drug’s release.

From Salon

Data from Cedars-Sinai show that on average, Black patients reported higher levels of postpartum pain compared with their white counterparts, the letter said.

On average an undocumented worker makes approximately $16 an hour, according to the California Immigrant Data Portal.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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