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Meanings

1. Expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean).
   • The journey takes, on average, two hours.
   • On average, students spend about 20 hours a week studying.
   • U.S. teens spend on average 5 hours per day on social media; nearly half are online constantly. 2025 December 9, Rachel Konrad and Matt Abrahams, “Why Young People Are Struggling to Communicate”, in TIME:
2. (idiomatic) Usually, typically; as a rule; as often as not.
   • People these days live longer on average

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Translations (27)

pl przeciętnie (as a measure of central tendency) · ru в сре́днем (as a measure of central tendency) · bg средно (as a measure of central tendency) · cs v průměru (as a measure of central tendency) · da i gennemsnit (as a measure of central tendency) · be у сярэднім (as a measure of central tendency) · es como promedio (as a measure of central tendency) · ga ar an meán (as a measure of central tendency) · pl średnio (as a measure of central tendency) · is að meðaltali (as a measure of central tendency) · cmn 平均 (as a measure of central tendency) · it in media (as a measure of central tendency) · rsk просеково (as a measure of central tendency) · de im Durchschnitt (as a measure of central tendency) · rsk штреднє (as a measure of central tendency) · ro în medie (as a measure of central tendency) · de durchschnittlich (as a measure of central tendency) · rsk стреднє (as a measure of central tendency) · sv i genomsnitt (as a measure of central tendency) · nl gemiddeld (as a measure of central tendency) · hu átlagosan (as a measure of central tendency) · cs průměrně (as a measure of central tendency) · es en promedio (as a measure of central tendency) · fr en moyenne (as a measure of central tendency) · es por término medio (as a measure of central tendency) · cy ar gyfartaledd (as a measure of central tendency) · fi keskimäärin (as a measure of central tendency)