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maths¹

  • /mæθs/ UK
  • /maks/ South Asia
  • /mæs/
  • /mɛts/ Malaysia, Singapore

Sounds like max, mass · Rhymes with -æθs

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Contraction of mathematics.

noun math · mathematics

  1. Canada, Commonwealth, abbreviation, clipping, rare, uncountable Clipping of mathematics The conventional “commonsense” view now is that girls are conditioned both by family and teachers to believe that maths is a subject at which males excel, and that they believe they cannot be expected to comprehend its subtleties — so they don′t.

maths²

noun

  1. plural plural of math

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of math

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mathematics, calculation, mathematical, accounts, auditors, mathematicians, arithmetic, numeracy, arithmetics, mathematic, algebra, science, physics, arithmatic, trigonometry, econs

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noun short form of mathematics

Españolmates, mate
日本語数学 sūgaku
中文數學 /数学 shùxué
Françaismaths
DeutschMathe
Русскийматема́тика matemátika
Tiếng Việttoán học

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"maths." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maths. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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maths. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/maths

Chicago

"maths." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/maths.

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@misc{maths_2026,
  title = {maths},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maths},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}