(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Used in a Sentence
averages
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for averages.
Editorial note
This is somewhat pedantic, but the average anything of anything can never be equal to π; it's an irrational number, and averages (arithmetic means) are ratios.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of averages gathered in one view.
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
(law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for averages.
noun
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
noun
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
noun
(law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
noun
(dated) Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
Example sentences
This is somewhat pedantic, but the average anything of anything can never be equal to π; it's an irrational number, and averages (arithmetic means) are ratios.
So when the averages come out, and Sally gets pissed because she's not making what Joe is making...
Height in England currently averages 5'10 for men; over that time, the whole world has gotten taller than England.
In an upward-trending market, averages/medians over the entire employment base will under-estimate the current market rate.
The tricky thing about averages is that a few high numbers can slew the average...
Basically it makes averages developers much better, and skilled developers a bit better.
A 100-day rolling period averages out nearly all the specifics from the data.
I run a full face mask and my machine averages flow of around 30 liters a minute.
And those (from memory, please correct with data) are median averages.
BC and the averages were there with no numbers.
All those averages say very little about the situation.
All they care about is # of jira/tfs tickets that are open, and the number of features, and how many warm bodies based on their averages they need.
Quote examples
This is demonstrably false, and speaks of the "tyranny of averages".
I gave up trying to answer it after your "Beating the Averages" essay didn't make the world-changing impact it rightly should have.
Law of averages would get them one "yes."
My guess is that the eye "averages" out the entire background to be a "light grey" even though the underlying RGB value is pure white.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use averages in a sentence?
This is somewhat pedantic, but the average anything of anything can never be equal to π; it's an irrational number, and averages (arithmetic means) are ratios.
What does averages mean?
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
What part of speech is averages?
averages is commonly used as noun.