Aggregate vs. Average
Aggregatenoun
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
Aggregatenoun
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
Aggregatenoun
A set collection of objects.
Aggregatenoun
(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
Aggregatenoun
(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores
Aggregatenoun
(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
Aggregatenoun
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
Aggregatenoun
(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
Aggregateadjective
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
Aggregateadjective
Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
Aggregateadjective
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
Aggregateadjective
(botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
Aggregateadjective
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
Aggregateadjective
United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
Aggregateverb
(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
Aggregateverb
To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
Aggregateverb
(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
Aggregateverb
To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."
Aggregateverb
To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
Aggregateverb
To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
Aggregateadjective
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
Aggregateadjective
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
Aggregateadjective
Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
Aggregateadjective
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
Aggregateadjective
United into a common organized mass; - said of certain compound animals.
Aggregatenoun
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.
Aggregatenoun
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; - in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
Aggregatenoun
a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
Aggregatenoun
the whole amount
Aggregateverb
amount in the aggregate to
Aggregateverb
gather in a mass, sum, or whole
Aggregateadjective
gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole;
Aggregateadjective
formed of separate units in a cluster;
Aggregatenoun
a whole formed by combining several separate elements
Aggregatenoun
the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round
Aggregatenoun
a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together
Aggregatenoun
pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete and in building
Aggregateadjective
formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total
Aggregateadjective
(of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.
Aggregateadjective
denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.
Aggregateverb
form or group into a class or cluster
Aggregateverb
collect (related items of content) so as to display or link to them
Averagenoun
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
Averagenoun
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Averagenoun
Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
Averagenoun
Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
Averagenoun
Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
Averagenoun
(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
Averagenoun
In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
Averagenoun
The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.
Averageadjective
(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
Averageadjective
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
Averageadjective
Typical.
Averageadjective
(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
Averageverb
(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
Averageverb
(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
Averageverb
(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
Averageverb
(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
Averagenoun
That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.
Averagenoun
A tariff or duty on goods, etc.
Averagenoun
A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.
Averagenoun
Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.
Averagenoun
In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
Averageadjective
Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.
Averageadjective
According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.
Averageverb
To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.
Averageverb
To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.
Averageverb
To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.
Averageverb
To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.
Averagenoun
a statistic describing the location of a distribution;
Averageverb
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;
Averageverb
achieve or reach on average;
Averageverb
compute the average of
Averageadjective
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
Averageadjective
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered;
Averageadjective
of no exceptional quality or ability;
Averageadjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;
Averageadjective
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;
Averageadjective
relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set);
Averagenoun
a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number
Averagenoun
an amount, standard, level, or rate regarded as usual or ordinary
Averagenoun
the apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.
Averagenoun
reduction in the amount payable under an insurance policy, e.g. in respect of partial loss.
Averageadjective
constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts
Averageadjective
of the usual or ordinary amount, standard, level, or rate
Averageadjective
having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person, group, or thing
Averageadjective
mediocre; not very good
Averageverb
amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean
Averageverb
calculate or estimate the average of
Averageverb
result in an even distribution; even out
Averageverb
result in an average figure of
Average
In colloquial language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a non-empty list of numbers. Different concepts of average are used in different contexts.
