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Expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- On average, students spend about 20 hours a week studying.
- The journey takes, on average, two hours.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Usually, typically; as a rule; as often as not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- People these days live longer on average
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
typically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- on average he watches three movies a week
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: on the average
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
у сярэднім
(u sjarednim)
— as a measure of central tendency
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Bulgarian:
средно
(sredno)
— as a measure of central tendency
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Chinese Mandarin:
平均
(píngjūn de)
— as a measure of central tendency
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Czech:
průměrně
— as a measure of central tendency
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Czech:
v průměru
— as a measure of central tendency
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Danish:
i gennemsnit
— as a measure of central tendency
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Dutch:
gemiddeld
— as a measure of central tendency
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Finnish:
keskimäärin
— as a measure of central tendency
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French:
en moyenne
— as a measure of central tendency
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German:
durchschnittlich
— as a measure of central tendency
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German:
im Durchschnitt
— as a measure of central tendency
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Hungarian:
átlagosan
— as a measure of central tendency
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Icelandic:
að meðaltali
— as a measure of central tendency
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Irish:
ar an meán
— as a measure of central tendency
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Italian:
in media
— as a measure of central tendency
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Pannonian Rusyn:
просеково
(prosekovo)
— as a measure of central tendency
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Pannonian Rusyn:
штреднє
(štrednje)
— as a measure of central tendency
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Pannonian Rusyn:
стреднє
(strednje)
— as a measure of central tendency
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Polish:
średnio
— as a measure of central tendency
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Polish:
przeciętnie
— as a measure of central tendency
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Romanian:
în medie
— as a measure of central tendency
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Russian:
в сре́днем
(v srédnem)
— as a measure of central tendency
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Spanish:
en promedio
— as a measure of central tendency
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Spanish:
como promedio
— as a measure of central tendency
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Spanish:
por término medio
— as a measure of central tendency
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Swedish:
i genomsnitt
— as a measure of central tendency
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Welsh:
ar gyfartaledd
— as a measure of central tendency