Hyphenation of Average

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Average? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Av-er-age

Definitions of Average:

1.	A statistic describing the location of a distribution It set the norm for American homes
2.	(sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
3.	An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual He is about average in height The snowfall this month is below average
4.	Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
5.	Achieve or reach on average He averaged a C
6.	Compute the average of
7.	Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value The average income in New England is below that of the nation Of average height for his age The mean annual rainfall
8.	Lacking special distinction, rank, or status Commonly encountered Average people The ordinary (or common) man in the street
9.	Lacking exceptional quality or ability A novel of average merit Only a fair performance of the sonata In fair health The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average The performance was middling at best
10.	Around the middle of a scale of evaluation An orange of average size Intermediate capacity Medium bombers
11.	Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution The modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
12.	Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values) The median value of 17
13.	20
14.	And 36 is 20 The median income for the year was $15
15.	000

Synonyms of Average:

adj	mean, normal
adj	ordinary, common
adj	fair, mediocre, middling, ordinary
adj	intermediate, medium, moderate
adj	modal, normal
adj	median, normal
noun	norm, statistic
verb	average out, total, number, add up, come, amount
verb	achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
verb	average out, calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure

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