average
adjective [before noun] (AMOUNT) /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/
/-ɚ-/ Definition
B1 An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts: average earnings/income/rainfall The average age of the US soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War was 19.Medium-sizedAverages
(Definition of average adjective (AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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