Maths

//mæθs// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of mathematics. Canada, Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, rare, uncountable

    "The conventional “commonsense” view now is that girls are conditioned both by family and teachers to believe that maths is a subject at which males excel, and that they believe they cannot be expected to comprehend its subtleties — so they don′t."

  2. 2
    plural of math form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of math form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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mathmathmathematicsmathematics

Example

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"Maths. Homework's about derivatives, but I really can't seem to cope with it."

Etymology

Contraction of mathematics.

Related phrases

applied maths

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