Definition of on the average:
		
            
            
              
                "The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18."
              
            
          
            
            
            
          
            
              °Constituting or relating to the average.
            
            
            
              
                "The average age of the participants was 18.5."
              
            
          
            
              °Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
            
            
            
              
                "I soon found I was only an average chess player."
              
            
          
            
              °To compute the arithmetic mean of.
            
            
            
              
                "If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18."
              
            
          
            
              °Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
            
            
            
              
                "The daily high temperature last month averaged 15C."
              
	 
 
		
		
		Definition of on the average:
		
            
            
              
                "The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18."
              
            
          
            
            
            
          
            
              °Constituting or relating to the average.
            
            
            
              
                "The average age of the participants was 18.5."
              
            
          
            
              °Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
            
            
            
              
                "I soon found I was only an average chess player."
              
            
          
            
              °To compute the arithmetic mean of.
            
            
            
              
                "If you average 10, 20 and 24, you get 18."
              
            
          
            
              °Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
            
            
            
              
                "The daily high temperature last month averaged 15C."