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math.

Clipping of mathematics.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mæθ/General-American/mat/Philippines
  1. Clipping of mathematics.

    Canada · Philippines · US · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal · uncountable
  2. Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).

    Canada · Philippines · US · informal · uncountable
    If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
    $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math.
  3. A math course or class.

    Canada · Philippines · US · countable · informal
    They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.
    Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?
Where this word comes from

Clipping of mathematics.

verb/mæθ/General-American/mat/Philippines
  1. To perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math

    colloquial · informal
  2. To add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense.

    slang
    Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.
Where this word comes from

Clipping of mathematics.

noun/mæθ/General-American/mɑːθ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.

noun/mʌt//mɑːt/
  1. Clipping of matha.

    Hinduism · Jainism · abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
Where this word comes from

Contraction of matha.

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