"maths" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mæθs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mæs/ (note: Nigerian English), /mɛts/ [Malaysia, Singapore] Audio: En-uk-maths.ogg [UK]
enPR: măths [Malaysia, Singapore] Rhymes: -æθs Etymology: Contraction of mathematics. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mathematics}} mathematics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} maths (uncountable)
  1. (informal, Commonwealth, rarely Canada) Clipping of mathematics. Tags: Canada, Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, rare, uncountable Alternative form of: mathematics Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: math [North-America], mathematics Translations (short form of mathematics): mates [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 數學 (Chinese Mandarin), 数学 (shùxué) (Chinese Mandarin), matika [feminine] (Czech), mat [common-gender] (Danish), wiskunde [feminine] (Dutch), mata (Estonian), matikka (Finnish), maths [feminine, plural] (French), Mathe [feminine] (German), matek (Hungarian), 数学 (sūgaku) (alt: すうがく) (Japanese), matene [feminine] (Latvian), matemātika [feminine] (Latvian), गणित (gaṇit) [neuter] (Marathi), matte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), matte [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), matma [feminine] (Polish), majma [feminine] (Polish), матема́тика (matemátika) (english: no abbreviation) [feminine] (Russian), गणित (gaṇita) [neuter] (Sanskrit), matamataig [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mates [feminine, plural] (Spanish), mate [feminine, singular] (Spanish), matte [common-gender] (Swedish), கணிதம் (kaṇitam) (Tamil), toán học (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-maths-en-noun-IKpNkkTZ Disambiguation of Mathematics: 37 23 40 Categories (other): Commonwealth English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} maths
  1. plural of math Tags: form-of, plural Form of: math Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-maths-en-noun-iKqJXTuw Disambiguation of Mathematics: 37 23 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} maths
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of math Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: math Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-maths-en-verb-PF-d4VSO Disambiguation of Mathematics: 37 23 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 10 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 10 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "matte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kaṇitam",
      "sense": "short form of mathematics",
      "word": "கணிதம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "short form of mathematics",
      "word": "toán học"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "mathematics (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "maths"
}

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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English verb forms",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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      ],
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}

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