Math Definition

măth
noun
Webster's New World

A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

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(uncountable, North America) Short for mathematics.

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(uncountable, North America) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).

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.
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(countable, North America) A math course.
They needed to take two more maths.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Mathematical.
Webster's New World
Mathematician.
Webster's New World
Mathematics.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Math

  • 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 *mÄ“- (“to mow"), equivalent to mow +"Ž -th. Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping"). Related also to Old English mÇ£d (“mead, meadow, pasture"). See meadow.

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  • Contraction of mathematics.

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  • Contraction of matha.

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