Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - average
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average
n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a the usual amount, extent, or rate. b the ordinary standard. 2 an amount obtained by dividing the total of given amounts by the number of amounts in the set. 3 Law the distribution of loss resulting from damage to a ship or cargo. --adj. 1 usual, ordinary. 2 estimated or calculated by average. --v.tr. 1 amount on average to (the sale of the product averaged one hundred a day). 2 do on average (averages six hours' work a day). 3 a estimate the average of. b estimate the general standard of. Phrases and idioms average adjustment Law the apportionment of average. average out result in an average. average out at result in an average of. batting average 1 Cricket a batsman's runs scored per completed innings. 2 Baseball a batter's safe hits per time at bat. bowling average Cricket a bowler's conceded runs per wicket taken. law of averages the principle that if one of two extremes occurs the other will also tend to so as to maintain the normal average. on (or on an) average as an average rate or estimate. Derivatives averagely adv. Etymology: F avarie damage to ship or cargo (see sense 3), f. It. avaria f. Arab. ' awariya damaged goods f. ' awar damage at sea, loss: -age after damage
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I. noun Etymology: from earlier ~ proportionally distributed charge for damage at sea, modification of Middle French avarie damage to ship or cargo, from Old Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awārīya damaged merchandise Date: 1732 1. a single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values, mean 1b, 2. an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean, a level (as of intelligence) typical of a group, class, or series , a ratio expressing the ~ performance especially of an athletic team or an athlete computed according to the number of opportunities for successful performance, Synonyms: see: ~ II. adjective Date: 1770 equaling an arithmetic mean, 2. being about midway between extremes , not out of the ordinary ; common , ~ly adverb ~ness noun III. verb (~d; averaging) Date: 1769 intransitive verb 1. to be or come to an ~ , to have a medial value of , to buy on a falling market or sell on a rising market additional shares or commodities so as to obtain a more favorable ~ price, transitive verb to do, get, or have on the ~ or as an ~ sum or quantity , to find the arithmetic mean of (a series of unequal quantities), 3. to bring toward the ~, to divide among a number proportionately ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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