mathematics

1. 1.

   a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

   Synonymsmathmaths

   Broaderscience

   Narrowerpure mathematicsapplied mathematics

   science

Other forms of mathematics

plural

mathematics(unchanged)

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mathematics

What does mathematics mean?

mathematics means "a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement".

How many syllables are in mathematics?

mathematics has 4 syllables: mat-he-mat-ics. The stress falls on "mat". In IPA it is /ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/.

What is another word for mathematics?

Close synonyms include math, maths. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mathematics a common word?

mathematics is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mathematics?

4 words rhyme with mathematics. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.