English · Word Candidate

average

/ˈæv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Also seen as: averages · averaging · averaged

Sense 1

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Độ đo xu hướng trung tâm, đặc biệt là mean, median hoặc mode

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Noun

Examples

You need to show some averages in an executive summary, show some samples of raw data in the document body, and move the full raw data to an appendix.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. — The arithmetic mean.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Độ đo xu hướng trung tâm, đặc biệt là mean, median hoặc mode, tức là trung bình số học

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Noun

Examples

The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 3

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Constituting or relating to the average.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Liên quan đến mức trung bình

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Adjective

Examples

The average age of the participants was 18.5.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Sense 4

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Không quá tốt cũng không quá xấu, nằm ở mức trung bình

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Adjective

Examples

I soon found I was only an average chess player.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “average” mean?

Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Is “average” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.