Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)Constituting or relating to the average.

    The average age of the participants was 18.5.

    durchschnittlich

    сре́днийsrédnij

    сере́днійserédnij

    relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

  2. Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.

    I soon found I was only an average chess player.

    сре́днийsrédnij, обы́чныйobýčnyj

  3. Typical.

    The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.

    обыкнове́нныйobyknovénnyj, обы́чныйobýčnyj, среднестатисти́ческийsrednestatistíčeskij

    пересічнийperesičnyj, середньостатисти́чнийserednʹostatystýčnyj

  4. (informal)Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

Examples

388 sentences
  1. The temperature is above average this winter.

    Температура цієї зими вища середньої. — marko

    ruТемпература этой зимой выше средней. — Wezel

    deDie Temperatur liegt diesen Winter über dem Durchschnitt. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Tom and Mary are just average students.

    Том та Мері лише середньостатистичні студенти. — deniko

    deTom und Maria sind lediglich Durchschnittsschüler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom is an average-looking guy.

    Том — пересічний хлопець. — deniko

    ruТом — парень с невзрачной внешностью. — odexed

    deTom ist ein durchschnittlich aussehender Typ. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Mary is just an average girl.

    Мері — просто звичайнісінька дівчинка. — deniko

    ruМэри — самая обычная девушка. — Ooneykcall

  5. My school grades were average.

    Мої оцінки у школі були середніми. — marko

    ruМои оценки в школе были средние. — corvard

    deMeine Schulnoten waren durchschnittlich. — Wolf

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
constituting or relating to the average:
typical:
Русский
By meaning 3
constituting or relating to the average:
neither very good nor very bad:
typical:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
constituting or relating to the average:

Forms

more average, most average
Comparativemore average Lesson
Superlativemost average Lesson

regular

Synonyms

129 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered:ordinary
  • around the middle of a scale of evaluation:intermediatemedium
  • approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value:mean
  • lacking exceptional quality or ability:fairmediocremiddling
  • 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):median
  • relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution:modal

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • an an average
  • does the average
  • above average
  • is above average
  • the average canadian
  • average canadian
  • average student

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
average — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto