generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work"
generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact"
widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist
widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"
generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump"
a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"
around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
compute the average of
achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"
amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"
having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"
conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"
encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife"