Math

/mæθ/ · noun

Meaning

(informal, uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics..

Definitions by Sense

1. (informal, uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics.
2. (informal, uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
3. (informal, countable, Canada, US, Philippines) A math course or class.
4. (colloquial, informal) To perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math
5. (slang) To add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense.
6. (archaic) A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.
7. (Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.

Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?

Then, I further worked myself into an A+ panic attack with the realization that on top of the algebra, I would have to take three more maths, from a choice of calculus, finite math, statistics, logic, or differential equation.

I don’t see how it can harm me now to reveal that I only passed math in high school because I cheated.

Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.

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• maths
• mathing
• mathed

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