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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

平均

Pronunciation / Transliteration: píngjūn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Average/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/
adjectivenounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"班级的平均分是75。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A number that is calculated by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of quantities.

    "To find the average score of the class, add all the scores together and divide by the number of students."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Typical or normal; not special or unusual.

    "He had an average height compared to his peers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term derives from the Arabic 'awārid' meaning damage or loss, passing through medieval Mediterranean maritime commercial practices via Italian 'avaria' and French 'avarie' to denote the equitable distribution of sea-loss among merchants. By the 18th century, the meaning shifted in English to represent an arithmetical mean, generalizing further to signify the typical or ordinary state of things.

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