math

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The study of numbers, shapes, and quantities; mathematics.

   She is very good at math.

2. 2
   noun

   Calculations done with numbers.

   If you do the math, you'll see it's not such a bargain.

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.

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