Question

average averagesaveragingaveragedaveragely

Accepted Answer

nounAn average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.The average price of goods rose by just 2.2%.The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5.You use average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same.It takes an average of ten weeks for a house sale to be completed.An amount or quality that is the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people.Most areas suffered more rain than usual, with Northern Ireland getting double the average for the month.£2.20 for a coffee is average....a woman of average height.adjectiveAn average person or thing is typical or normal.The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day.Packaging is about a third of what is found in an average British dustbin.Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better .I was only average academically.Most children are not geniuses or stars. They just do averagely well.The songs are performed averagely, although the band seem to be enjoying themselves.verbTo average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time.We averaged 42 miles per hour....pay increases averaging 9.75%. B1

word	average
definition	noun An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together. Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred. The average price of goods rose by just 2.2%. The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5. You use average to refer to a number or size that varies but is always approximately the same. It takes an average of ten weeks for a house sale to be completed. An amount or quality that is the average is the normal amount or quality for a particular group of things or people. Most areas suffered more rain than usual, with Northern Ireland getting double the average for the month. £2.20 for a coffee is average. ...a woman of average height. adjective An average person or thing is typical or normal. The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day. Packaging is about a third of what is found in an average British dustbin. Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better . I was only average academically. Most children are not geniuses or stars. They just do averagely well. The songs are performed averagely, although the band seem to be enjoying themselves. verb To average a particular amount means to do, get, or produce that amount as an average over a period of time. We averaged 42 miles per hour. ...pay increases averaging 9.75%.
inflections	averagesaveragingaveragedaveragely
cefr-level	B1

Average Amount Numbers Quality Averagely Averaged Averaging Noun