"average out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: averages out [present, singular, third-person], averaging out [participle, present], averaged out [participle, past], averaged out [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-average_out-en-verb-8saPZkqf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for average out meaning in English (1.4kB)

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          "text": "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.",
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