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Antonyms for average

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : av-er-ij, av-rij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæv ər ɪdʒ, ˈæv rɪdʒ

Definition of average

Origin :
  • late 15c., "financial loss incurred through damage to goods in transit," from French avarie "damage to ship," and Italian avaria; a word from 12c. Mediterranean maritime trade (cf. Spanish averia; other Germanic forms, Dutch avarij, German haferei, etc., also are from Romanic languages), of uncertain origin. Sometimes traced to Arabic 'arwariya "damaged merchandise," but this might as easily be a borrowing of the word from the Franks. Meaning shifted to "equal sharing of such loss by the interested parties." Transferred sense of "statement of a medial estimate" is first recorded 1735. The mathematical extension is from 1755.
  • adj normal, typical
  • adj numerical mean
  • noun normal, typical amount
  • verb obtain numerical mean
Example sentences :
  • The men are taller than the average, and the women, relatively, taller than the men.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • I guess I could do it and get away with it as well as the average.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • They average about the same as they do in anything else, mostly good, I think.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He's too blamed comprehensive for the average boy of my age.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • If he truly was the average age of the rest of the class there was nothing for him to be angry about.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The average courage of the two nations may perhaps have been decided.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Here was a real woman, one above the average in character and brains.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • The average author doesn't realise what a funny place it is.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • With him, as with the average Frenchman, solvency was an eleventh commandment.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Three quarts of milk will yield, on an average, about a pound of cheese.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Synonyms for average

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