maths
noun
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[maths]
/ mæθs /
noun
(used with a singular or plural verb)
maths
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British
/ mæθs /
noun
maths.
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abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of maths
By shortening
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Creating these abstractions involves difficult maths, but essentially they filter out useless information, just leaving the AI with useful pictures of the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Spanish and maths were the other subjects Burnham was studying at St Aelred's, and he told people he was considering taking a linguistics degree at university.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
And the figures were worse for maths, where only 75 trainee postgraduate teachers were recruited towards a target of 250.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
It says there are particular shortages in maths, science, design technology and computing, and that pupils are not accessing the full range of subjects in every year.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
And I said, “Are we going back to Swindon so I can do my maths A level?”
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
"Things you didn't understand kept piling on top of each other. It affected all the core subjects of science, English and maths. It made me really anxious."
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
“Ethical thresholds placed within frameworks are typically challenging to satisfy… An ethical framework can lead to paralysis. Ethics is not like maths. Ethical problems don’t often get ‘solved’.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
“To me, that would’ve been death. I failed once in my life – maths. I didn’t like that feeling.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
“Yeah, well, I failed all the maths. I’m not wired like that.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2017
My poor little brains are just about pumped out with maths., and what's left of them will be wanted for French prep. later on.
From The School by the Sea by Brazil, Angela
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