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• average — av|er|age1 [ æv(ə)rıdʒ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the amount, level, standard, etc. that is typical of a group of people or things: Incomes here are nowhere near the national average. above/below average: Her performance in the test was way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• average — I UK [ˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ] / US noun Word forms average : singular average plural averages *** 1) [countable/uncountable] the amount, level, standard etc that is typical of a group of people or things Incomes here are nowhere near the national average.… …   English dictionary

• average — 01. The [average] child watches almost 3 hours of television per day. 02. Richard is an above [average] badminton player. 03. The cost [averages] out to about $5 per person. 04. The [average] price of houses in Seattle has risen by almost 10%… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Child abandonment — is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one s offspring with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting them. Causes include many social and cultural factors as well as mental illness. An abandoned child is called a… …   Wikipedia

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• average — [av′ər ij, av′rij] n. [altered (by assoc. with ME average, money rent paid in place of service by the tenant with his horses < aver, draft horse) < OFr avarie, damage to ship or goods, mooring charges < OIt avaria < Ar ʿ awār, damaged …   English World dictionary

• Child development stages — See also: Parenting and Family Child development stages describe theoretical milestones of child development. Many stage models of development have been proposed, used as working concepts and in some cases asserted as nativist theories. This …   Wikipedia

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• average — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. normal, norm, mean, standard. adj. mean, normal, ordinary. See unimportance, mediocrity, generality. Ant., exceptional, extraordinary, outstanding. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ordinary, normal, medium …   English dictionary for students