| English noun: batting average | 
| 1. | batting average  (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat | 
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 | Samples | Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400. 
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 | Synonyms | hitting average | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | average | 
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 | Domain category | baseball, baseball game | 
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| 2. | batting average  (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds | 
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 | Samples | The salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12. 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | proportion | 
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 | Domain category | baseball, baseball game | 
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