average

Definition

Examples

The average cost of a business trip is about five hundred dollars.

Word Family

Synonyms

• moderatea person who takes a position in the political center
• typicalexhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
• standarda basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

Collocations

• Easy above average
  describing above average (an earlier section of a written text)
• Medium average annual turnover rate
  to average annual turnover rate, meaning to amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
• Hard moving average convergence divergence
  to moving average convergence divergence, meaning to change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
• Very Hard law of averages will catch up
  describing law of averages will catch up (the collection of rules imposed by authority)