chiefly British

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And budget cuts to universities have piled pressure on Brazil’s already sliding education sector, where Brazilian teenagers rank lower than the OECD average in reading, maths, and science. Tara John, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022 Ed Sheeran is continuing his bad habit of naming things after math (sorry, maths) symbols. Vulture, 3 Oct. 2022 Miners use powerful computers that solve complex maths puzzles and update the blockchain, earning new crypto tokens. Reuters, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 So, with energy prices set to dwarf the benefits rise by 18-fold – the cold hard maths are as plain as day. Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for maths

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of maths was in 1911

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“Maths.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maths. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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