"on average" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on average.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on average, {{en-PP}} on average
  1. Expressed as a measure of central tendency (usually the arithmetic mean). Synonyms: on the average, on an average Translations (as a measure of central tendency): у сярэднім (u sjarednim) (Belarusian), средно (sredno) (Bulgarian), i gennemsnit (Danish), gemiddeld (Dutch), keskimäärin (Finnish), en moyenne (French), durchschnittlich (German), im Durchschnitt (German), átlagosan (Hungarian), in media (Italian), średnio (Polish), przeciętnie (Polish), в сре́днем (v srédnem) (Russian), en promedio (Spanish), como promedio (Spanish), por término medio (Spanish), i genomsnitt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-on_average-en-prep_phrase-N~A~9bQw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hedges Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English hedges: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'as a measure of central tendency': 85 15
  2. (idiomatic) Usually, typically; as a rule; as often as not. Tags: idiomatic Translations (usually): обикновено (obiknoveno) (Bulgarian), průměrně (Czech), v průměru (Czech), yleensä (Finnish), tyypillisesti (Finnish), keskimäärin (Finnish), średnio (Polish), в сре́днем (v srédnem) (Russian), i allmänhet (Swedish), vanligen (Swedish), vanligtvis (Swedish), i genomsnitt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-on_average-en-prep_phrase-WFnyrV87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'usually': 21 79

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