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1 μέτριος
I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, Hdt.2.32; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, Id.1.178; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, Diocl.Fr.140; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Pl.Prt. 338b; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, Id.R. 460e.II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., X. Cyr.2.4.14.III mostly of Degree, moderate, ;μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου A.Supp. 1059
(lyr.);μ. χάρις E.IA 554
(lyr.);σῖτος -ώτατος X.Lac.1.3
; τὸ μ. the mean, S.OC 1212 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 719e, Plt. 284e;ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον Arist.Pol. 1295b4
;περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. X.Mem.3.13.5
;πέρα τοῦ μ. Thphr.CP6.1.4
;ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. Plu.2.656f
;τὰ μ. E.Med. 125
(anap.);εἴη γ' ἐμοὶ μέτρια Id. Ion 632
;τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι X.Mem.2.6.22
;μ. καὶ δίκαια Ar.Nu. 1137
; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, E.Hipp. 253 (anap.);μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον Id.Fr. 503
(anap.); μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, Th.1.6; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, Id.4.30;βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος Pl.R. 466b
; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Id.Grg. 511e;μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι Arist.Pol. 1292b26
; οἱ μ. respectable people, D.18.10; later, poor,μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς POxy.120.7
(iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Pl.Phd. 117b.2 tolerable,οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών S.Ph. 179
(lyr.);ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ' ἀμήχανον ἄλγος Id.El. 140
(lyr.);μ. ἄχθος E.Alc. 884
(anap.); ; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν ib. 688; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, Hdt.4.84;τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων Lys.9.4
; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decr. ap. D.18.165;ἐπὶ μετρίοις Th.4.22
; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Pl.Tht. 181b; - ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Arist.Pol. 1289b4, cf. Men.532.17 ([comp] Sup.).3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like , temperate, Ar.Pl. 245; -ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Th.6.89
;μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Pl.Lg. 816b
;σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ' ἡμέραν δίαιταν Aeschin.3.170
;ἐν τῷ σίτῳ X.Cyr.5.2.17
; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (sc. Ἀφροδίτης) (lyr.), cf. Fr. 967 (lyr.);εἰ δ' ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ' ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας Id.Hel. 1105
; also, moderate, fair, Thgn.615, Pl.R. 396c, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states,μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος D.21.185
; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν ib.134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους mild towards.., Th.1.77.B Adv. μετρίως moderately, within due limits,ἀπηγήσεσθαι Hdt.2.161
; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating,εἰπεῖν Th.2.35
; ;μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες Isoc.12.171
; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Pl.Tht. 191d; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, Hdt.1.32;μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν Pl.Euthd. 305d
: [comp] Comp. μετριώτερον (infr. 3), also - ωτέρως Arist.HA 587a1: [comp] Sup. - ώτατα Th.6.88, etc.2 enough,μ. κεχόρευται Ar.Nu. 1511
(anap.);μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα Id.Ec. 969
; moderately, pretty well,ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Pl.Lg. 936b
;σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. D.6.19
; μ. [λέγειν] Men.Pk. 262;ἀποδέξασθαι μ. Pl. Tht. 161b
.3 modestly, temperately, , cf. HF 709;ἀποκρίνασθαι X.An.2.3.20
;μ. βεβιωκώς Lys. 16.3
(but μ. διάγειν to be moderately off, X.Hier.1.8);πενθεῖν μ. Antiph.53.1
;φέρειν Plb.3.85.9
; on fair terms,μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι Th.4.19
, cf. 20: [comp] Comp. - ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν X.Cyr.4.3.7
.4μ. ἔχειν
to be in 'middling' health,PLips.
108.6 (ii/iii A. D.).II neut. μέτριον and μέτρια as Adv.,μέτριον ἔχειν Pl.Lg. 846c
(sed leg. μέτρον); μέτρια βασανισθείς Id.Sph. 237b
: also with Art.,τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι X.Cyr.2.4.26
;τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι Th.4.19
, cf. 8.84.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μέτριος
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2 μέσος
μέσος, η, ον, also Arc. (v. ἰμέσος, μεσακόθεν); [dialect] Ep. [full] μέσσος (also [dialect] Aeol., Sapph.1.12, IG11(4).1064b32, and Lyr., Pi.P.4.224, and sts. in Trag., E.HF 403 (lyr.), S.OC 1247 (lyr.), Tr. 635 (lyr.), Ant. 1223, 1236, Fr.255.5), [dialect] Boeot., Cret. [full] μέττος, IG7.2420.20 (iii B. C.), GDI 5000 iiA b 2 (v B. C.):—middle, in the middle,I of Space, esp. with Nouns, of the middle point or part,μ. σάκος Il.7.258
;ἱστίον 1.481
; οὐρανός zenith, Od.4.400; μ. ἀπήνης from mid chariot, S.OT 812; ἐν αἰθέρι μ. in mid-air, Id.Ant. 416; μ. μετώπῳ in the middle of the forehead, PRyl.128.30 (i A. D.): in Prose freq. preceding the Art.,κατὰ μέσον τὸν σταθμόν X.An.1.7.14
; ἐν μ. τῇ χώρᾳ ib.2.1.11; ἐκ μ. τῆς νήσου, κατὰ μ. τὴν νῆσον, Pl.Criti. 113d, 119d; ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ τμάματος at the middle point of the segment, Archim.Aequil.1.6; ἁ ἐπὶ μέσαν τὰν βάσιν ἀγομένα (sc. εὐθεῖα) ib.12: sts. following the Noun,ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ μέσῃ D.29.12
: less freq. midmost, central, of three or more objects,μ. ὁδός Thgn.220
, 331; ὁ μ. [δάκτυλος] Pl.R. 523c; τὸ μ. στῖφος the central division of the army, X.An.1.8.13; μέσον, τό, centre,ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ μ. φορά Iamb.Protr.21
.b with a Verb, ἔχεται μ. by the middle, by the waist, prov. from the wrestling-ring, Ar.Eq. 387 (lyr.), cf. Ach. 571 (lyr.), Nu. 1047, Ra. 469;μέσην λαβόντα Id.Ach. 274
, cf. Hdt.9.107, D.53.17;ὁ πέπλος ἐρράγη μ. Philippid.25.5
.c c. gen., midway between,ἑνὸς καὶ πλήθους τὸ ὀλίγον μ. Pl.Plt. 303a
(also μ. ἐπ' ἀμφότερα, ibid.):—S. hasμέσος ἀπὸ [τοῦ κρατῆρος] τοῦ τε πέτρου OC 1595
.2 of Time, Hom. only in phrase μέσον ἦμαρ midday, Il.21.111, Od.7.288, Pi.P.9.113;μέσαι νύκτες Sapph.52
, Hdt.4.181, X. An.7.8.12, etc.;θέρευς ἔτι μέσσου ἐόντος Hes.Op. 502
;χειμῶνος μέσου Ar.Fr.569.1
;μ. ἡμέρα Hdn.8.5.9
; μ. ἡλικία middle age, Pl.Ep. 316c: soμέσοι τὴν ἡλικίαν E.Ep.5
; μέσος ἀκμῆς v.l. in Theoc.25.164.3 metaph., impartial, Th.4.83, PLond.1.113(1).27 (vi A.D.).b inter-mediate, freq. c. gen.,μ. τις γέγονα χρηματιστὴς τοῦ τε πάππου καὶ τοῦ πατρός Pl.R. 330b
;ψιλὸν μὲν τὸ π ¯, δασὺ δὲ τὸ φ ¯, μέσον δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὸ β ¯ D.H.Comp.14
(v. infr. d); ἡ τρίτη καὶ μ. τῶν εἰρημένων δυεῖν ἁρμονιῶν ib.24; ὁ μ. χαρακτήρ ib.21; indeterminate, Luc.Par.28; τὰ μ. things indifferent (neither good nor bad), Stoic.3.135, al.; of words such as τύχη, EM626.38; ζῴδια (neither lucky nor unlucky) Vett.Val.93.9;μ. δίαιτα Diocl.Fr.141
, cf.Sor.1.46.c Gramm., of Verbs, middle, Eust. 1846.30, etc.; μ. διάθεσις, σχήματα, A.D.Synt.226.10, 210.18; μ. ἐνεστώς present middle, ib.278.25.d Gramm., of consonants, Lat. mediae, i. e. β ¯ γ ¯ δ ¯, D.T.631.23: but also of semi-vowels, Pl.Phlb. 18c: of accent, ὀξύτητι καὶ βαρύτητι καὶ τῷ μέσῳ, i. e. the circumflex, Arist. Po. 1456b33.II middling, moderate,1 of size, μέσοι ὀφθαλμοί, ὦτα, γλῶττα, Id.HA 492a8,33, b31; μ. μεγέθει ib. 496a21, PPetr.1p.37 (iii B. C.); μ. alone, of middle height, PGrenf.2.23 (a) ii 3 (ii B. C.), POxy. 73.13 (i A. D.), etc.2 of class or quality,πάντων μέσ' ἄριστα Thgn. 335
; (lyr.);μ. ἐν πόλει Phoc.12
; μ. ἀνήρ a man of middle rank, Hdt.1.107;μ. πολίτης Th.6.54
;τὰ μ. τῶν πολιτῶν Id.3.82
(soτῶν ἀνὰ πόλιν τὰ μ. Pi.P.11.52
); οἱ μ., between οἱ εὔποροι and οἱ ἄποροι, Arist.Pol. 1289b31, 1295b3; οἱ μ. πολῖται ib. 1296a19; τὸ μ. ib. 1295b37; μ. [πολιτεία] ib. 1296a7;ὁ μ. βίος Luc.Luct.9
; mediocre, Pl.Prt. 346d; τῶν ἑταιρῶν αἱ μ. Theopomp. Com.21. Adv. μέσως, ἱκανόν fairly adequate, Phld.Rh.2.4S.III μέσον, τό, midst, intervening space, mostly with Preps.,a ἐν μέσσῳ, = ἐν μεταιχμίῳ, Il.3.69,90;ἐν τῷ μ.
in the midst,Ev.Matt.
14.6; ἡ 'ν μέσῳ [μοῖρα] σῴζει πόλεις the middle class, E.Supp. 244: withoutἐν, ἔμβαλε μέσσῳ Il.4.444
;ἔνθορε μέσσῳ 21.233
;μέσσῳ ἀμφοτέρων 3.416
, 7.277;τῶνδέ τ' ἐν μ. πεσεῖν E.Ph. 583
;ἐν μ. λόγους ἔχειν Id.Hel. 630
;μῆκος ἐν μ. χρόνου A.Supp. 735
;χρόνος οὑν μ. E.Ph. 589
(troch.); τὰ ἐν μ. what went between, S.OC 583; οἱ ἐν μ. λόγοι the intervening words, Id.El. 1364, E.Med. 819;κλίνης ἐν μ. Id.Hec. 1150
; ἐν μ. ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέως between us and him, X.An.2.2.3;σοφίας καὶ ἀμαθίας ἐν μ. Pl.Smp. 203e
; ἐν μ. νυκτῶν at midnight, X.Cyr.5.3.52; ἆθλα κείμεν' ἐν μέσῳ offered for competition (cf. infr. b), D.4.5, cf. Thgn.994, X.An.3.1.21; ἡ τιμὴ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἔστω deposited with the court, Herod.2.90: without ἐν, καὶ μέσῳ πάντες καὶ χωρὶς ἕκαστος both collectively and severally, IG12(5).872.27,31,38, al. ([place name] Tenos): in pl.,κεῖτο δ' ἄρ' ἐν μέσσοισι Il.18.507
;ἐν μέσοισ' Xenoph.1.7
; ἐν μέσῳ εἶναι τοῦ συμμεῖξαι to stand in the way of.., X.Cyr.5.2.26; ἡ γὰρ θάλαττα ἐν τῷ μ. is an obstacle, Id.Ath.2.2;οὐδεὶς ἐν μέσσῳ γείτων πέλεν Theoc.21.17
;οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν ἐν μ. πολεμεῖν ἡμᾶς D.23.183
; cf. ἰμέσος.b ἐς μέσον, ἐς μ. ἀμφοτέρων, freq. in Hom. for ἐς μεταίχμιον, Il.4.79, 6.120; ἀνδρὶ δὲ νικηθέντι γυναῖκ' ἐς μέσσον ἔθηκε deposited her as a prize (cf. supr. a), 23.704;ἐς μ. δεικνύναι τινί τι Pi.Fr.42.3
; ἐς μ. ἵεσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, παρελθεῖν, S.Tr. 514 (lyr.), Theoc.22.183, Plu. Agis9;ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέροισι.. δικάσσατε Il.23.574
; ἐς τὸ μ. φέρειν bring forward publicly, Hdt.4.97, D.18.139;ἐς τὸ μ. λέγεσθαι Hdt. 6.129
; ἐς μ. Πέρσῃσι καταθεῖναι τὰ πρήγματα to give up the power in common to all, Id.3.80; ἐς μ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τιθεὶς ἰσονομίην ὑμῖν προαγορεύω ib. 142.c ἐκ τοῦ μέσου away,ἐκ μ. ἀνελεῖν D.10.36
, 18.294; [χειρόγραφον] ἦρκεν ἐκ τοῦ μ. Ep.Col.2.14
, cf. Arr.Epict.3.3.15; also ἐκ μ. a half,ἔτη ὀκτὼ καὶ ἔνατον ἐκ μ. Th.4.133
; also ἐκ μ. κατῆστο remained in the middle, i. e. neutral (cf.ἐκ 1.6
fin.), Hdt.3.83, cf. 4.118, 8.22,73.d διὰ μέσου between,τὸ διὰ μ. ἔθνος Id.1.104
;διὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι X.Cyr.6.3.3
; διὰ μ. γενέσθαι intervene, of an event, Th.4.20: c. gen.,διὰ μέσου τῆς πόλεως ῥεῖ ποταμός X. An.1.2.23
; διὰ μ. ῥεῖ τούτων ποταμός ib.1.4.4, etc.;τὸ τούτων διὰ μ. Pl.Lg. 805e
; also οἱ διὰ μέσου the middle party, the moderates, Th. 8.75, X.HG5.4.25; τὸ διὰ μ. the middle class, Arist.Pol. 1296a8; of Time,ὁ διὰ μ. χρόνος Hdt.9.112
; ἡ διὰ μ. ξύμβασις an interim agreement, Th.5.26; διὰ μέσου, as a figure of speech, use of parenthesis, Hdn.Fig.p.95S.e ἀν (ὀν) τὸ μ. in the midst, Alc.18.3, Xenoph.1.11, Thgn.839; ἀνὰ μέσον midway between, Arist.HA 496a22, Antiph. 13, Theoc.22.21, etc.;ἀνὰ μ. τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ GDI2010
(Delph.), cf. PTeb.13.9 (ii B. C.), al.;θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον Theoc.14.9
; ; also ἀνὰ μέσον φέρε, = μετρίως, Men.531.18.f κατὰ μέσσον, = ἐν μέσῳ, Il.5.8, 16.285, etc.: c. gen., κὰδ δὲ μέσον τάφρου καὶ τείχεος ἷζον between, 9.87.2 μέσον, τό, difference, τὸ μ. πρὸς τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας the average between.., Th.1.10; πολλὸν τὸ μ., πολὺ τὸ μ., the difference is great, Hdt.1.126, E.Alc. 914 (anap.); τὸ μ. οὐδὲν τῆς ἔχθρης ἐστί there is no middle course for our enmity, Hdt.7.11.3 middle state, mean,τὸ μ. καὶ τὸ εὖ Arist.EN 1109b26
; ποιήματα μέσα, opp. ὀγκώδη, in the (correct) mean, Phld.Po.5.5. Adv. -ως, ἀναστρέφεσθαι Id.Rh.1.155S.
4 in Logic, τὸ μ. the middle term of a syllogism, opp. τὰ ἄκρα, Arist.APr. 66a30; also ὁ μ. (sc. ὅρος) ib. 25b33.5 Math., middle terms in a proportion, Euc.6.16; μέση, or μέση (μέσος) ἀνάλογον a mean proportional (straight line or number), ib.13, 17, 8.11, 12, al.;μέσης εὕρεσις Arist.de An. 413a19
, Metaph. 996b21; μέση medial, a specific kind of irrational (straight line), Euc.10.21, al.; μέσον ὀρθογώνιον ([etym.] χωρίον) medial rectangle (area), ib.24, al.6 Astron., ὁ διὰ μέσων τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος the ecliptic, Hipparch.1.9.3,4, Gem.2.21, Ptol.Alm.2.7: without κύκλος, Eudox. ap. Arist.Metaph. 1073b20, Hipparch.1.9.12; simply,ὁ διὰ μέσων D.L.7.146
; but, ὁ μέσος [κύκλος] the equator of a rotating sphere, Arist.Metaph. 1073b30.7 μέσα, τά, = μέζεα, Blaes.p.191 K.b = κοιλία 1.3, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.5.27.3, Gal.14.732: sg., Heph.Astr.1.1 (v.l. τὰ μέσα Cat.Cod.Astr.8(2).45).8 Μέσον, τό, one of the law-courts at Athens, Phot., Sch.Ar.V. 120.9 οὐ τοῖς μέσοις τῆς βίας χρωμένη no ordinary force, Hierocl.p.15 A.IV μέση, ἡ, as Subst., v. μέση.V Adv. μέσον, [dialect] Ep. μέσσον, in the middle, Il.12.167, Od.14.300: c. gen., between,οὐρανοῦ μ. χθονός <τε> E.Or. 983
(lyr.), cf. Arr.Epict.2.22.10; in the midst of,μ. τῆς θαλάσσης LXX Ex.14.27
;μ. γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς Ep.Phil.2.15
: also in pl., (lyr.), cf. Nic.Fr.74.26.2 regul. Adv.μέσως, πόλεώς τ' οὐ μ. εὐδαίμονος E.Andr. 873
, cf. Hec. 1113, Isoc.9.23; καὶ μ. even in a moderate degree, even a little, Th.2.60; μ. ἔχειν πρός or περί τι to be in the mean.., Arist.EN 1105b28, 1119a11;θερμότερον ἢ κραυρότερον ἢ μ. ἔχον Eub.7.1
, cf. Sosip. 1.53; μ. βεβιωκέναι in a middle way, i. e. neither well nor ill, Pl.Phd. 113d;μ. μεθύων Men.226
; μ. διατιθέναι in an intermediate way, D.H. Comp.14.b Gramm., in the middle voice, A.D. Synt.276.21.VI irreg. [comp] Comp.μεσαίτερος Pl.Prm. 165b
: [comp] Sup.μεσαίτατος Hdt.4.17
, Arist.Mu. 392b33, Gem.9.3, etc.; poet.μεσσότατος A.R.4.649
, Man. 6.373. (Cf. Skt. mádhyas 'middle', Lat. medius, etc.) -
3 ἐλάσσων
A smaller, less, formed from ἐλαχύς (q.v.), but serving as [comp] Comp. toμικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον Il.10.357
; τοὔλασσον ἔχειν to have the worse, be worse off,πάντῃ Thgn.269
;οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχειν τῇ μάχῃ Hdt.9.102
;ἔ. ἔχειν παρά τινι D.21.187
;ἐλάττων γίγνεσθαι Ar.Eq. 441
, D.3.29;οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχειν A.Pers. 813
; ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι too small for.., Isoc.11.11: abs., too small, Thphr.Char.23.9; below the average in height, PLips.1.9, etc.2 c. gen. pers., worse than, inferior to, Ar.V. 599, etc.: but c. gen. rei, giving way to, subservient to,σιτίων X.Lac.5.8
;πάθους Plu.Cor.34
: abs., worse, inferior,τόποι Gp.2.48.1
.3 neut. with Preps., περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι to consider of less account, Hdt.6.6;ἐν ἐλάττονι θέσθαι Plb.4.6.12
; ; ἐπ' ἔλαττον (sc. ἁρμοσθῆναι) Id.Phd. 93b; δι' ἐλάσσονος at less distance, Th.7.4;πάντ' ἐν ἐλάττονι ποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἡδονῆς Heraclid.Pont.
ap.Ath.12.537c.II of Number, fewer, οἱ ἐλάσσονες the minority, Hdt.3.121;ἐλάσσονες ἀριθμόν Id.8.66
;ἔ. πλῆθος Th.1.49
.IV of worth or rank, οἱ ἐ. the meaner sort, Isoc.2.13, Alex.116.12.V neut. ἔλασσον, as Adv.,ἔ. ἢ μηδέν A.Pr. 938
, cf. S.El. 598, Pl.R. 564d, etc.; ἔ. ἄπωθεν less far off, Th.4.67; πλείω ἔλαττον, with numbers, more or less, PLips.28.10 (iv A.D.), etc.: neut. pl., as Adv.,= ἐλαττονάκις, Pl.Cri. 53a, al.: regul. Adv. ἐλασσόνως (q.v.).VI with indecl. Numerals, the ἤ of Comparison is often omitted,οὐκ ἐλάττους ὀγδοήκοντα D.S.14.8
; esp. in Adv. ἔλασσον, asμὴ ἔ. δέκα ἔτη Pl.Lg. 856d
,al. (Orig. ἐλάχγων, cf. ἐλάχ-ιστος, ἐλαχύς.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐλάσσων
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average — [[t]æ̱vərɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦ averages, averaging, averaged 1) N COUNT An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together. Take the average of those ratios and… … English dictionary
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average — I. noun Etymology: from earlier average proportionally distributed charge for damage at sea, modification of Middle French avarie damage to ship or cargo, from Old Italian avaria, from Arabic ‘awārīya damaged merchandise Date: 1732 1. a. a single … New Collegiate Dictionary
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*/ — [ˈæv(ə)rɪdʒ] noun I 1) [C/U] the typical amount or level Unemployment here is twice the national average.[/ex] Her performance in the test was below average.[/ex] 2) [C] an amount that is calculated by adding several numbers together and dividing … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
average — 1. noun the price is above the national average Syn: mean, median, mode; norm, standard, rule, par 2. adjective 1) the average temperature in May Syn: mean, median, modal 2) a woman of a … Thesaurus of popular words