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普通 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • average noun A single value that represents the typical or central figure in a set of numbers, usually found by adding them up and dividing by how many there are.
  • common adjective Happening often, or found in large numbers; not rare.
  • general adj Applying to or covering a whole group rather than one specific part; overall.
  • normal adjective Usual, typical, or expected; conforming to what is standard.
  • ordinary adj Normal, usual, or unremarkable; not special or different from what is expected.
  • plain adj Simple and without decoration or extra features.

Senses

普通 is used for these senses in English:

  • average Typical.
  • common Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
  • general Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal. [from 13th c.]
  • normal (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
  • ordinary Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
  • plain Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished. [from 14th c.]

average — full definition

  1. noun A single value that represents the typical or central figure in a set of numbers, usually found by adding them up and dividing by how many there are.
  2. adjective Typical or ordinary; neither especially good nor especially bad.
  3. verb To calculate the average of a set of numbers, or to amount to an average figure over time.

common — full definition

  1. adjective Happening often, or found in large numbers; not rare.
  2. adjective Shared by two or more people or things.
  3. adjective Ordinary or unremarkable, sometimes used to suggest something is unrefined or lacking class.
  4. noun An open area of land, especially in a town, that everyone is free to use.

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