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average

 
 
/ˈævərɪdʒ/ adjective

Definition

USUAL usual and like the most common type: an average person an average day
AMOUNT [always before noun] An average amount is calculated by adding some amounts together and then dividing by the number of amounts: an average age/temperature
NOT EXCELLENT not excellent, although not bad: The food was pretty average.
(Definition of average adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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