I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ annual , five-year , monthly , etc.
▪ national
▪
The national ~ is just over two children per family.
▪ overall
▪ career , lifetime ( esp. AmE )
▪ moving , weighted ( both technical )
▪ batting , bowling , scoring , slugging ( AmE ) ( all sports )
▪ grade , grade point (both AmE )
▪
the student with the best grade point ~ in his class
VERB + AVERAGE
▪ arrive at , calculate , compute , find , work out
▪
You'll have to calculate the ~.
▪ exceed
PREPOSITION
▪ above ~ , below ~
▪
His test results are well above ~.
▪
an above-average climb in prices
▪ on ~
▪
On ~, prices have risen 6%.
II.
verb
Average is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ inflation , ↑ unemployment
Average is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ point , ↑ return
III.
adj.
Average is used with these nouns: ↑ ability , ↑ attendance , ↑ bloke , ↑ build , ↑ citizen , ↑ consumer , ↑ consumption , ↑ cost , ↑ density , ↑ distance , ↑ duration , ↑ earnings , ↑ expenditure , ↑ family , ↑ fare , ↑ height , ↑ household , ↑ income , ↑ increase , ↑ individual , ↑ intake , ↑ intelligence , ↑ investor , ↑ length , ↑ margin , ↑ mark , ↑ mileage , ↑ number , ↑ output , ↑ pay , ↑ percentage , ↑ person , ↑ player , ↑ price , ↑ profit , ↑ proportion , ↑ quantity , ↑ rainfall , ↑ rate , ↑ return , ↑ salary , ↑ score , ↑ sentence , ↑ shopper , ↑ size , ↑ snowfall , ↑ speed , ↑ sum , ↑ temperature , ↑ value , ↑ velocity , ↑ viewer , ↑ wage , ↑ weight , ↑ woman , ↑ worker