No. 1,974 in Russian
средний
"Средний" means "middle," "average," or "medium" in English.
In a sentence
Я выбрал средний уровень сложности задачи.
I chose the medium level of difficulty for the task.
Here, 'средний' is an adjective meaning 'medium' or 'average,' describing the difficulty level as not high or low, but in between.
В нашем классе средний возраст учеников — шестнадцать лет.
In our class, the average age of students is sixteen years.
In this example, 'средний' is used as an adjective meaning 'average,' applied to the age to indicate a statistical mean value.
Станьте в средний ряд, пожалуйста.
Stand in the middle row, please.
Here, 'средний' means 'middle,' referring to the position in an arrangement of rows.
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