ON AVERAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does on average mean? 

• ON AVERAGE (adverb)
  The adverb ON AVERAGE has 1 sense:

1. typically

  Familiarity information: ON AVERAGE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ON AVERAGE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Typically

Synonyms:

on average; on the average

Context example:

on average he watches three movies a week

 Context examples 

After one month, researchers found that, on average, blood levels of TMAO in these participants tripled, compared to when they were on the diets high in either white meat or non-meat protein sources.

(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

A study found that children who slept on average one hour less a night had higher risk factors for type 2 diabetes, including higher levels of blood glucose and insulin resistance.

(An Hour Less Sleep Ups Diabetes Risk, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

After receiving treatment for 29 months on average, participants ate a peanut-free diet for 4 weeks and then were evaluated for their ability to eat 5 grams of peanut protein.

(Preschoolers benefit from peanut allergy therapy, NIH)

The Pleiades star cluster is one of the closest and most easily seen star clusters, residing just 445 light-years away from Earth, on average.

(Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster, NASA)

On average, a new species was discovered in the region every two days.

(Report unveils 381 new plant and animal species in Amazon, Agência Brasil)

On average, the normal flies in this study lived for 47 days.

(NIH scientists search for the clocks behind aging brain disorders, National Institutes of Health)

Scientists found schizophrenia sufferers had, on average, four per cent lower levels of glutamate in the anterior cingulate cortex region of the brain.

(Key to Treating Schizophrenia May Be Found in Broccoli, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On the other hand, vitamin E levels increased by about 13 percent on average.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)

These temperatures are, on average, 2 C (3.6 F) hotter than 100 years ago.

(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)

Since 2003, around 30 TNOs on highly elliptical orbits have been spotted: they stand out from the rest of the TNOs by sharing, on average, the same spatial orientation.

(Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by ‘Planet Nine’, University of Cambridge)