# maths

Pronunciation: say "MATHS" /mæθs/

## Noun

1. Clipping of mathematics. Chiefly British and Commonwealth; the US form is math. *(Commonwealth)* — Clipping of mathematics.
   - Simple: Clipping of mathematics. Used in British English and other Commonwealth countries. Americans say math.
   - _Her favorite subject has always been maths._
   - _The teacher made maths feel exciting for the whole class._
2. Plural of math. Rare; used for different kinds or systems of mathematics, not the British word maths. — plural of math
   - Simple: Plural of math. Rare: used for different kinds or systems of math.

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of math. Informal. — third-person singular simple present indicative of math
   - Simple: The form of math used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _Whenever the budget gets messy, she maths it all out on paper._
   - _He maths the numbers twice before trusting the result._

## Origin

A contraction of "mathematics."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/maths (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).