math
/maθ
/noun [mass noun] North American
Mathematics: she teaches math and science...
- It was laborious and tedious and horrible, but it got me interested in math.
- At my hotel, a professor came every morning to teach math and reading skills to the workers.
- He has also complained that they've kept him from teaching math to his fellow inmates.
Phrases
do the math
Origin
Mid 19th century: abbreviation.
Rhymes
- Shumen
- shun
- shunt
- shunter
- shunyata
- shura
- shuriken
- shush
- shu-shu
- Shuswap
- shut
- shutdown
- shut down (or shut something down)
- Shute, Nevil
- shut-eye
- shut-in
- shut-off
- shut off (or shut something off)
- shut oneself off
- shut one's eyes to
- shut one's mind to
- shut (or bolt) the stable door after the horse has bolted
- shutout
- shut-out bid
- shut someone/thing away