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average out

average out verb: to acquire a specified average value as more instances occur.

Verb

average out (third-person singular simple present averages out, present participle averaging out, simple past and past participle averaged out)

  1. (intransitive) To acquire a specified average value as more instances occur.
    • Between 1854 (and the addition of in-patient facilities) and 1870 the mortality rates in the Wakefield Infirmary averaged out to 9.94 per cent for in-patients and 3.18 per cent for out-patients.1987, Hilary Marland, Medicine and society in Wakefield and Huddersfield, 1780-1870

Forms of average out

third-person singular presentaverages out
present participleaveraging out
past participleaveraged out
pastaveraged out

Questions about average out

What does average out mean?
Average out means to acquire a specified average value as more instances occur.
What part of speech is average out?
Average out is a verb.
What is the past tense of average out?
The past tense of average out is averaged out.

Words near average out in the dictionary

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  2. average Jane
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  4. average joe
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  6. average out
  7. average seek time
  8. average seek times
  9. average up
  10. averageable
  11. averaged

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