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مُعَدَّل
average /muˈʕad.dal/
nounB1#1940 most common
Also: rate, mean, grade point average (GPA)
Example sentences
مُعَدَّلي جيد.
My average is good.
ما هو مُعَدَّل الحرارة اليوم؟
What is the average temperature today?
ارتفع مُعَدَّل البطالة هذا العام.
The unemployment rate rose this year.
حصلت على مُعَدَّل مرتفع في الثانوية العامة.
I got a high average in secondary school.
يقيس الاقتصاديون مُعَدَّل التضخم كل شهر.
Economists measure the inflation rate every month.
يعتمد قبول الطلاب في الجامعة على مُعَدَّلهم التراكمي إلى حد كبير.
Students' admission to the university depends heavily on their cumulative GPA.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُعَدَّلٌ | مُعَدَّلَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُعَدَّلٍ | مُعَدَّلَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُعَدَّلاً | مُعَدَّلَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُعَدَّلُ | يا مُعَدَّلَاتُ |
Word family
عَدَّلَto adjust, modify
تَعْدِيلmodification, amendmentعَدْلjusticeعَادِلjust, fair
مُعْتَدِلmoderate, temperate
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ع-د-ل (ʿ-d-l), which carries the sense of being equal, straight, and just. It is the passive participle of the Form II verb عَدَّلَ, meaning to adjust or balance. The mathematical sense of average grew from this idea: a value that levels many numbers into one balanced figure. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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