average

[ˈævərɪdʒ]

Definition:
1. The result of adding several amounts together, finding a total, and dividing the total by the number of amounts.
2. Typical or normal.
3. Not special.
4. A level which is usual.

Use 'average' in a sentence:

1. The average Los Angeles commute is over 60 miles a day.
2. What is the average annual snowfall for this state?
3. Average weekly earnings rose by 1.5% in July.
4. The average of 4, 5 and 9 is 6.
5. Most people walk at an average rate of 5 kilometres an hour.
6. The cost should average out at about £ 6 per person.
7. The average response time to emergency calls was 9 minutes.
8. The Dow Jones average closed down 7.49, or 0.1%.
9. Class sizes in the school are below the national average .
10. The average spend at the cafe is £ 10 a head.
11. I was only average academically.
12. The average length of a woman's menstrual cycle is 28 days.
13. Average earnings are around £ 20 000 per annum.
14. Johnson carried the ball an average of 6 yards per rush.
15. 40 hours is a fairly average working week for most people.
16. The real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten in the last 70 years.
17. The average sell-through rate for these magazines is 35-38%.
18. Parents spend an average of $220 a year on toys.
19. The average life expectancy was 40.
20. These complex formulae are beyond the grasp of the average pupil.
21. His IQ is above average.
22. The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5.
23. The average price of goods rose by just 2.2%.
24. Parents spend an average of$ 220 a year on toys.
25. Drivers in London can expect to average about 12 miles per hour (= to have that as their average speed) .
26. In Italy the average life of a government is eleven months.
27. Earnings are averaged over the whole period.
28. The average coal seam here is three feet thick.
29. I was convinced that he was brighter than average.
30. Class sizes in the school are below the national average.
31. Import duties still average 30%.
32. On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare.
33. Temperatures have been above average.
34. The average age range is between 35 and 55.
35. Her work was well below average for the class.
36. Drivers in London can expect to average about 12 miles per hour.
37. $2.20 for a beer is average.
38. £20 for dinner is about average.
39. What are your average operating margins?
40. Economic growth is expected to average 2% next year.
41. There has been below average rainfall this month.
42. This is the number of time segments which are averaged before a cross power matrix is produced and stored on disk.
43. He was attractive and averagely intelligent.
44. Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.
45. I was just an average sort of student.
46. Unemployment here is twice the national average.
47. There have been four years of below average rainfall.
48. 400 people a year die of this disease on average.
49. The cost should average out at about £6 per person.
50. £ 20 for dinner is about average.
51. The average citizen in the developed world uses over 155kg of paper per year.
52. The basic pay of the average worker has risen by 3 per cent.
53. Temperatures are above/below average for the time of year.
54. Sometimes I pay, sometimes he pays ─ it seems to average out.
55. 400 people a year die of this disease on average .
56. Keep applying and by the law of averages you'll get a job sooner or later.
57. Shares rose, on average, by 38%.
58. We averaged 42 miles per hour.
59. She was of below average height, petite and slender.