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AVERAGE OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does average out mean?
• AVERAGE OUT (verb)
The verb AVERAGE OUT has 2 senses:
2. amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
Familiarity information: AVERAGE OUT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compute the average of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
average; average out
Hypernyms (to "average out" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
average; average out
Context example:
The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40
Hypernyms (to "average out" is one way to...):
add up; amount; come; number; total (add up in number or quantity)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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