math

¹

[ math ]

noun

1. mathematics.

math

²

[ math ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a mowing; a leveling or cutting down of grass, grain, etc., with a mowing machine or scythe.
2. the crop mowed.

math

³

[ muhth ]

noun

1. a Hindu monastery.

math.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. mathematical.
2. mathematician.
3. mathematics.

math.

¹

abbreviation for

1. mathematics

math

²

/ mæθ /

noun

1. See mathematics
   informal.
   short for mathematics Brit equivalentmaths

Word History and Origins

Origin of math¹

First recorded in 1845–50; by shortening

Origin of math²

First recorded before 900; Middle English (bede)-mad, a kind of manorial duty to mow for one's lord, Old English mǣth “mowing, hay harvest”; cognate with German Mahd, Old Frisian mēth, Old Saxon mād(dag) “mowing (day)”; aftermath, mow ¹, mow ²

Origin of math³

First recorded in 1825–35; from Hindi maṭh, from Sanskrit maṭha “hut, cottage, cell, monastery”

Example Sentences

What’s telling about Risch’s remarks, however, is less the math than the defeatism behind it.

From Vox

They blame funding but they didn’t let the math teacher go when they canceled the class.

From Voice of San Diego

Such calculations require strong math skills, but that’s just the beginning.

From Fortune

For Ivan, though, the idea of pure math or pure language is exciting.

From Vox

Now we don’t need complicated math to tell us that 190,000 Americans have died from the novel coronavirus, with no end in the sight.

From FiveThirtyEight

After the curtain calls, Christopher comes back to explain a complicated math problem.

From The Daily Beast

Supporters pointed to math and literacy gains, while critics noted that those improvements disappeared in elementary school.

From The Daily Beast

Jackson was an exceptional math and science student; the dreaded Bartlett was one of his favorite professors.

From The Daily Beast

And last year, 4th and 8th grade students showed the biggest math and reading gains in the country.

From The Daily Beast

The risk-benefit math becomes less favorable for the older patient.

From The Daily Beast

Aftermath, aft′ėr-math, n. a second mowing of grass in the same season.

From Project Gutenberg

Darryl and I once tried to write our own better spam filter and when you filter spam, you need Bayesian math.

From Project Gutenberg

Im only an enlisted man and they dont give enlisted men enough math to answer questions like that.

From Project Gutenberg

Maybe Miss Graham can find me a book on math problems that a man can do in his head.

From Project Gutenberg

She could send several cheeses to table,—new milk cheese, nettle-cheese, floaten milk cheese and eddish or after-math cheese.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• analytical
• numerical
• scientific