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on average

on average prepositional phrase: expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean).

Prepositional phrase

  1. Expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean).
    • On average, students spend about 20 hours a week studying.
    • The journey takes, on average, two hours.
  2. (idiomatic) Usually, typically; as a rule; as often as not.
    • People these days live longer on average

on average meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

on average in Hindi

on average; usually
औसतन austan

on average in Urdu

on average
اوسطا austan

on average in Bengali

সাধারণত, নিয়ম অনুযায়ী

on average in Malayalam

usually, normally, ordinarily
ശരാശരിയായി, സാമാന്യമായി, സാധാരണമായി, പൊതുവേ, പതിവായി, ബാഹുല്യേന

Forms of on average

alternative formon the average
alternative formon an average

Questions about on average

What does on average mean?
On average means expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean).
What is on average in Hindi?
On average in Hindi is औसतन (austan). See On average meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is on average?
On average is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on average in the dictionary

  1. on and poppin'
  2. on and popping
  3. on another note
  4. on any view
  5. on at
  6. on average
  7. on background
  8. on bad terms
  9. on bail
  10. on balance
  11. on base

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on average (page history and authors); औसतन (Hindi) (page history and authors); اوسطا (Urdu) (page history and authors); on average (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); on average (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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