Math
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Clipping of mathematics. Canada, Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
"Clarke stumbled into music by way of a high school course he took to raise his grades. "Music was a bird course. I had more interest in math, science, and women", he divulged."
- 2 A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.
- 3 Clipping of matha. Hinduism, Jainism, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 4 a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement wordnet
- 5 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."
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- 6 A math course or class. Canada, Philippines, US, countable, informal
"They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate."
- 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."
Example
More examples"Math is like love: a simple idea, but it can get complicated."
Etymology
Clipping of mathematics.
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.
Contraction of matha.