average

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈævərɪdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈævərɪdʒ, ˈævrɪdʒ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(av′ər ij, av′rij)

Inflections of 'average' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
averages
v 3rd person singular
averaging
v pres p
averaged
v past
averaged
v past p

Collocations for "average"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "average" in context.

WordReference English Collocations © 2025

average

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adj
  1. the average [amount, value, temperature, price, time]
  2. the average [age, height, weight, salary, number] of
  3. an average person [can't, shouldn't, won't]
  4. a man of average [height, build, income]
  5. average [grades, quality, results]
  6. the average pass [mark, rate] is [70]
  7. is not your average [teacher, employee]
  8. is (just) an average [hamburger, painting, Joe]
  9. the [book, movie] was [just, only] average
  10. a person of average [earnings, means, intelligence]
  11. was rated average [by, for]
  12. the average level of [income, studies, qualifications]
  13. the average life expectancy is [84]
  14. an average customer [review, rating] (of)
  15. average [monthly] [growth, decrease]
  16. the average [annual, yearly] [earnings, growth, precipitation]
  17. average household [size, income]
  18. on an average day
  19. average-to-good credit [ratings, history, score]
  20. [poor, bad] -to-average [service, facilities]
  21. [service] was [poor, good] to average
n
  1. the [national, global, yearly, monthly] average (is)
  2. [higher, lower] than the [national, global] average
  3. is [greater, less] than the average
  4. [is, has] an average of [57]
  5. sport: a batting average of [.349, 30]
  6. improve your grade point average
  7. brought the average [up, down]
  8. my average has gone [up, down] (this year)
  9. is about the average
  10. is [above, below] (the) average for [this time of year, her age]
  11. is average for a [city house, business day]
  12. [spend, buy, sell] an average of [$400]
  13. [calculate, work out] the average
  14. are [55] [cases, members, available] on average
  15. how fast can you [type, read, run], on average?
v
  1. average the [numbers, statistics, information]
  2. average them to [determine, provide, create, produce]
  3. [results, scores, values] are averaged
  4. averaged over [time, three years]
  5. averaged across all [subjects, years]
  6. averaged for each [year, series, test, sample]
  7. averaged from [five] [years]
  8. averaged [about, around] [150]
  9. the [squad, workforce, team, audience] averaged 25 (years of age)
  10. average out to [half, a third, 50]
'average' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
above - allotment - amount - annual - attainment - bat - below - bowling - cost - cumulative - day - deviation - dip - distribution - diversion - earnings - estimate - fifty - fourteen - grade - house - household - humidity - league - less - lifespan - lifetime - lower - mark - mean - nineteen - ordinary - output - par - return - rolling - score - seventeen - seventy - sixteen - sixty - slightly - spend - star - stiff - total - tourist - wear - well - yield

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