average

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
  2. noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
  3. noun an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

Etymology

The English suffix -age was added in analogy to words like damage.

In classic literature

Synonyms

norm

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