math
noun (math; UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ: maths)
Everyday
- Math is the school subject about numbers, shapes, measuring, patterns and data. tree →
- Math also means working with numbers: do the math, my math is wrong. tree →
In the lessons
In maths problems it is a word of the story (math class, math test, math homework), often with scores or pages; a subject only, no clue. In everyday life: «do the math» (work it out), math club, math games. Math helps with money, cooking, time, building and science.
Examples
- She has 20 math problems for homework. tree →
- He got 9 right on the math test. tree →
- Math class lasts 45 minutes. tree →
- How many problems are left? tree →
- Math is my favourite subject. tree →
- We use math to measure the garden. tree →
- Do the math: four friends and twelve sweets means three each. tree →
- Our maths teacher is from New Zealand. tree →
- She checked her math with a calculator. tree →
Note
«Math» is American and Canadian; «maths» is used in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. Both are uncountable and take a singular verb: «Math is fun.» Short for «mathematics». Maths trap: «math problems» are the counted things.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «math» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «math» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/math/