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av

av is the abbreviation of average.

av is the abbreviation of audiovisual.

av is the abbreviation of ad valorem.

av is the abbreviation of avenue.

av is the abbreviation of avoirdupois.

av is the abbreviation of antivirus.

Meaning of average

Adjective

average (comparative more average, superlative most average, abbreviation av. or ave. or avg.)

  1. (not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
    • The average age of the participants was 18.5.
    Synonyms:
    mean, expectation
  2. 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.
    Antonyms:
    extraordinary
  3. Typical.
    • The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.
  4. (informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
    • The graphics, sound, and most everything else are all very average. However, the main thing that brings this game down are the controls - they feel very clumsy and awkward at times.2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002, page 228

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Meaning of audiovisual

Adjective

audiovisual (not comparable)

  1. Containing both aural and visual elements.
    • They put together a stunning audiovisual presentation, with movies and music as well as plenty of information.

Verb

av

  1. (Internet) have
    • av u got d@?

Adjective capitalized: AV

AV (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of audiovisual.
    • AV education
    • AV room
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of atrioventricular.
    • AV block
    • AV node
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of arteriovenous.
    • AV anastomosis
    • AV fistula
  4. (abbreviation, initialism, mortuary technology) Initialism of anal/vaginal.
    • AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.
  5. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of age verified.

Noun (1) capitalized: AV

AV (countable and uncountable, plural AVs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of access violation.
  2. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of age verification.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of alternative vote.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of antivirus.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of auxiliary verb.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of anal vore.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: AV

AV

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Authorized Version, a translation of the Bible.
    • in the AV of the OT

Noun (2) capitalized: AV

AV (plural AVs)

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.

Noun (3) capitalized: AV

AV (plural AVs)

  1. (Japanese, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of adult video (“video pornography”).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Av

Av

  1. (Judaism) The eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tammuz and before Elul.

Forms of av

pluralavs
pluralAVs

Origin of av

Abbreviations.

From French auxiliaire voler.

Borrowed from Japanese AV (adaruto bideo), from English adult video.

Words formed from av

Phrases with av

Questions about av

What does av mean?
Av means have.
What is av the abbreviation of?
Av is the abbreviation of average.
What part of speech is av?
Av can be a verb, an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near av in the dictionary

  1. Auyoung
  2. Auyán-tepuí
  3. Auzenne
  4. Auzennes
  5. Auñón
  6. av
  7. av beit din
  8. av beth din
  9. AV bundle
  10. AV bundles
  11. AV node

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Adapted from Wiktionary: av (page history and authors); AV (page history and authors); Av (page history and authors); average (page history and authors); audiovisual (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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