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Ave vs. Average — What's the Difference?

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Ave

Ave is a Latin word, used by the Romans as a salutation and greeting, meaning "hail". It is the singular imperative form of the verb avēre, which meant "to be well"; thus one could translate it literally as "be well" or "farewell".The Classical Latin pronunciation of ave is [ˈaweː].

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.

Ave

An expression of greeting or farewell.

Average

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
The proportion of over-60s is above the EU average of 19 per cent

Ave

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Average

The apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.

Ave

An Ave Maria.

Average

Constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts
The average temperature in May was 4°C below normal

Ave

A reverential salutation.

Average

Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean
Annual inflation averaged 2.4 per cent

Ave

Abbreviation of avenue

Average

A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function.

Ave

Abbreviation of average

Average

See arithmetic mean.

Ave

An ave Maria.
He repeated Aves and Credos.

Average

An intermediate level or degree
Near the average in size.

Ave

A reverential salutation.
Their loud applause and aves vehement.

Average

The usual or ordinary kind or quality
Although the wines vary, the average is quite good.

Average

(Sports)The ratio of a team's or player's successful performances such as wins, hits, or goals, divided by total opportunities for successful performance, such as games, times at bat, or shots
Finished the season with a .500 average.
A batting average of .274.

Average

The loss of a ship or cargo, caused by damage at sea.

Average

The incurrence of damage or loss of a ship or cargo at sea.

Average

The equitable distribution of such a loss among concerned parties.

Average

A charge incurred through such a loss.

Average

(Nautical)Small expenses or charges that are usually paid by the master of a ship.

Average

(Mathematics)Of, relating to, or constituting an average.

Average

Being intermediate between extremes, as on a scale
A movie of average length.
A player of average ability.

Average

Usual or ordinary in kind or character
A poll of average people.
Average eyesight.

Average

Assessed in accordance with the law of averages.

Average

(Mathematics)To calculate the average of
Average a set of numbers.

Average

To do or have an average of
Averaged three hours of work a day.

Average

To distribute proportionately
Average one's income over four years so as to minimize the tax rate.

Average

To be or amount to an average
Some sparrows are six inches long, but they average smaller. Our expenses averaged out to 45 dollars per day.

Average

(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
2=The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18.

Average

(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Average

Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

Average

Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.

Average

Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.

Average

(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
Batting average

Average

In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Average

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.

Average

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
The average age of the participants was 18.5.

Average

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
I soon found I was only an average chess player.

Average

Typical.
The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.

Average

(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

Average

(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18.

Average

(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
The daily high temperature last month averaged 15°C.
I averaged 75% in my examinations this year.

Average

(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
To average a loss

Average

(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.

Average

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.

Average

A tariff or duty on goods, etc.

Average

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.

Average

Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.

Average

In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Average

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.

Average

According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.

Average

To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.

Average

To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

Average

To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.

Average

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.

Average

A statistic describing the location of a distribution;
It set the norm for American homes

Average

Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;
The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40

Average

Achieve or reach on average;
He averaged a C

Average

Compute the average of

Average

Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;
The average income in New England is below that of the nation
Of average height for his age
The mean annual rainfall

Average

Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered;
Average people
The ordinary (or common) man in the street

Average

Of no exceptional quality or ability;
A novel of average merit
Only a fair performance of the sonata
In fair health
The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
The performance was middling at best

Average

Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;
An orange of average size
Intermediate capacity
A plane with intermediate range
Medium bombers

Average

Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;
The modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30

Average

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);
The median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20
The median income for the year was $15,000

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