maths

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English

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Etymology 1

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Contraction of mathematics.

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Noun

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maths (uncountable)

  1. (Commonwealth, rarely Canada) Clipping of mathematics.
    • 1980 August 21, “Girls can do maths as well as boys”, in New Scientist, page 586:
      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.
    • 2004, Miraca U.M. Gross, Exceptionally Gifted Children, page 229:
      At age 10, Ian was based with the Grade 6 students but was allowed to take maths with Grade 10 – a four-year grade advancement.
    • 2011, Clifford Matthews, IMechE Engineers′ Databook, 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 40:
      Most people who are forced to use maths have little idea what it is really about.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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maths

  1. plural of math

Verb

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maths

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of math

References

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  1. ^ Deterding, David (2007) Singapore English[1], Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 15

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French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Clipping of mathématiques.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maths f pl

  1. (informal) math or maths (study of numbers, etc.; a course involving the study of numbers)
    Ce type-là, c’est une tronche en maths.
    That guy is a pro at math.

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