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nounverbnounnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//mɑːθ//
  • United States//mæθ//
  • //mat//
  • //mʌt//
  • //mɑːt//

Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).

noun

  1. 1

    informalArithmetic 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.

  2. 2

    informalA math course or class.

    They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.

    Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?

    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.

    I don’t see how it can harm me now to reveal that I only passed math in high school because I cheated.

  3. 3

    Variant of mathematicsinformalClipping of mathematics.

    Clarke stumbled into music by way of a high school course he took to raise his grades. "Music was a bird course. I had more interest in math, science, and women", he divulged.

Etymology

Clipping of mathematics.

verb

  1. 1

    informalTo perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math

  2. 2

    slangTo add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense.

    Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.

    Some of the same people who called for the abolishment of the monarchy back during that explosive Oprah interview are now saying how sweet it is that baby Lili is named after her grandmother, how perfectly it fits her, and the math isn’t mathing. There is a fundamental contradiction here.

    Following intense speculation over the account’s veracity, fellow manga artist Yusuke Murata, the creator behind One-Punch Man, confirmed that the account indeed belongs to Togashi. The math started mathing for Hunter x Hunter fans, who are hoping there will be new installments of the manga on the way.

noun

  1. 1

    archaicA mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

Etymology

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 (abstract nominal suffix). 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.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of mathaClipping of matha.

Etymology

Contraction of matha.

Forms

plural
maths
past tense
mathed
past participle
mathed
present participle
mathing
third person singular
maths
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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