"math" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mæθ/ Audio: en-us-math.ogg [US] Forms: maths [plural]
Rhymes: -æθ Etymology: table Clipping of mathematics. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|mathematics}} table, {{clipping|en|mathematics}} Clipping of mathematics Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} math (countable and uncountable, plural maths)
  1. (informal, uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Clipping of mathematics. Tags: Canada, Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: mathematics Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (short form of mathematics): wiskunde (Afrikaans), (Chinese Cantonese), (sou³) (Chinese Cantonese), matika [feminine] (Czech), wiskunde (Dutch), matikka (Finnish), maths [feminine, plural] (French), Mathe [feminine] (German), mate [feminine, rare] (Italian), គណិត (gayaneut) (Khmer), okubala (Luganda), ałhiiʼnínáʼiidzóóh (Navajo), ałhííʼnaʼííltaʼ (Navajo), ⁧ریاضی⁩ (riyâzi) (Persian), matematyka [feminine] (Polish), matma [feminine] (Polish), матика (matika) [feminine] (Russian), गणित (gaṇita) [neuter] (Sanskrit), matemática [feminine] (Spanish), matte (Swedish), கணிதம் (kaṇitam) (Tamil), ⁧گنت⁩ [masculine] (Urdu), toán (Vietnamese), toán học (Vietnamese), matemat (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-math-en-noun-IKpNkkTZ Disambiguation of Mathematics: 29 10 4 6 13 23 15 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Philippine English Disambiguation of 'short form of mathematics': 90 8 2
  2. (informal, uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math). Tags: Canada, Philippines, US, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-math-en-noun-TxZ1E40f Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Philippine English
  3. (informal, countable, Canada, US, Philippines) A math course or class. Tags: Canada, Philippines, US, countable, informal
    Sense id: en-math-en-noun-NrqkV9nx Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maths [Australia, British] Hyponyms: new math, napkin math

Noun

IPA: /mæθ/ [General-American], /mɑːθ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-math.ogg [US] Forms: maths [plural]
Rhymes: -æθ, -ɑːθ Etymology: table 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 *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th. Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|mowing}} table, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂meh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|math}} Middle English math, {{inh|en|ang|mǣþ|t=a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass}} Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mēþą|t=a mowing}} Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂meh₁-|t=to mow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”), {{suffix|en|mow|th}} mow + -th, {{cog|de|Mahd|t=a mowing, reaping}} German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), {{cog|fy|mêd|t=area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm}} West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”), {{cog|ang|mǣd|t=mead, meadow, pasture}} Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”), {{l|en|meadow}} meadow Head templates: {{en-noun}} math (plural maths)
  1. A mowing; what is gathered from mowing. Derived forms: aftermath, beforemath, foremath, lattermath
    Sense id: en-math-en-noun-N6lKB8XR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /mʌt/, /mɑːt/ Forms: maths [plural]
Etymology: table Contraction of matha. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|matha}} table, {{m|en|matha}} matha Head templates: {{en-noun}} math (plural maths)
  1. (Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha. Tags: Hinduism, Jainism, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: matha Categories (topical): Hinduism, Jainism
    Sense id: en-math-en-noun-Smk4qPxN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /mæθ/ Audio: en-us-math.ogg [US] Forms: maths [present, singular, third-person], mathing [participle, present], mathed [participle, past], mathed [past]
Rhymes: -æθ Etymology: table Clipping of mathematics. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|mathematics}} table, {{clipping|en|mathematics}} Clipping of mathematics Head templates: {{en-verb}} math (third-person singular simple present maths, present participle mathing, simple past and past participle mathed)
  1. (colloquial, informal) to perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math Tags: colloquial, informal
    Sense id: en-math-en-verb-VTR9r5u4
  2. (slang) To add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-math-en-verb-hruCoXhK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maths [Australia, British]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate."
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          "text": "Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?"
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          "ref": "2010, Claude Regis Vargo, Beyond My Horizon, page 108",
          "text": "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.",
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          "mowing",
          "mowing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mæθ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æθ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːθ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-math.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/En-us-math.ogg/En-us-math.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-us-math.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "math"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Mathematics"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "matha"
      },
      "expansion": "table",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "matha"
      },
      "expansion": "matha",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nContraction of matha.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "math (plural maths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "matha"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "en:Hinduism",
        "en:Jainism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of matha."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "Jainism",
          "Jainism"
        ],
        [
          "matha",
          "matha#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha."
      ],
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        "Hinduism",
        "Jainism",
        "abbreviation",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mʌt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "math"
}

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