average
/ˈav(ə)rɪdʒ/
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a - ve - rage -> average
(n) ပျမ်းမျှ။ ကြိတ်နှုန်း။ (adj) ပျမ်းမျှ။ (v) ပျမ်းမျှရှိသည်။ ပျမ်းမျှဖြစ်သည်။
average /'ævǝrÇdʒ/ n
၁။ [C] ပျမ်းမျှ။ ကြိတ်နှုန်း။ The average of 4, 5 and 9 is 6. ❍ They have an average of just over two children per family.
၂။ [U] ပုံမှန်စံနှုန်း။ These marks are well above/ below average. ❍ Unemployment here is around the national average. ဒီမှာရှိတဲ့ အလုပ်လက်မဲ့နှုန်း က တစ်နိုင်ငံလုံးနဲ့ အတူတူလောက်ပါပဲ။ We fail about two students a year on average.
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၁။ ပျမ်းမျှ။ The average age of the students is 19. ❍ an average wind speed of 40 mph ❍ The average temperature in Oxford last month was 18½C.
၂။ သာမန်။ children of average intelligence ❍ Rainfall is about average for the time of year. ❍ (derog ) a fairly average game. ကစားပွဲကတော့ တော်ရုံသင့်ရုံပါပဲ။
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၁။ ပျမ်းမျှရှိသည်။ ပျမ်းမျှဖြစ်သည်။ Pay rises this year averaged 2%. ❍ This car averages 40 miles to the gallon. ❍ The rainfall averages 36 inches a year.
၂။ ပျမ်းမျှနှုန်းရှာသည်။ Her earnings are averaged over the whole period.
❏ average out (at sth) [PHRV ] ပျမ်းမျှကျသည်။ Meals average out at about £ 10 per head. ❍ Sometimes I pay, sometimes he pays—it seems to average out (ie result in a fair balance) in the end.
❏ average sth out (at sth) [PHRV ] ပျမ်းမျှု တွက်ကြည့် သည်။ Averaged out over a period, industrial accidents occur at least twice a week.
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