meta
ˈmɛtə
Definition

Definition of meta - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

1.
video gamesTECH.dominant in competitive gaming strategiesTECH.
  • That character is considered meta in tournaments.
dominant leading prevalent
2.
self-referenceself-referential or about itself
  • The movie is very meta, referencing its own plot.
self-referential
3.
higher levelrelating to a higher or more abstract level
  • The professor led a meta discussion about the theory itself.
beyond transcendent
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Expressions with meta

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html element giving information about a web page
The meta tag helps search engines understand the page.
branch of philosophy examining the nature of ethical properties
Meta-ethics explores questions about what morality means.

Origin of meta

Greek, meta (beyond)

Terms with meta included in their meaning

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meta-ethics
view that nothing is intrinsically moral or immoral
MLacr.
acr: Meta Language
system for describing other languages or structures
MAMAAacr.
acr: Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet
big tech companies in the world
MAMAAacr.
acr: Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet
group of five big technology companies

Examples of meta in a sentence

  • Players often discuss the meta tactics online.
  • The book's narrative is quite meta, discussing its own creation.
  • His joke was so meta, it referenced the act of joking itself.
  • The novel's meta humor comments on storytelling itself.
  • They held a meta review of their decision-making process.

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  1. French:meta, méta, ...
  2. German:meta, selbstreferenziell, ...
  3. Italian:meta, autoreferenziale, ...
  4. Spanish:dominante, autorreferencial, ...
  5. Portuguese:meta, metateórico, ...
  6. Chinese:主流的, 自指的, ...
  7. Japanese:メタの, メタ, ...
  8. Arabic:ميتا, ذاتيّ الإحالة, ...
  9. Hebrew:מֵטָא, מֻדָּע לְעַצְמוֹ, ...
  10. Russian:мета, самореферентный, ...
  11. Ukrainian:домінуючий, метатеоретичний, ...
  12. Hindi:प्रमुख, स्वयं-संदर्भित, ...
Meta
ˈmɛtə

Definition of Meta - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

1.
businessAmerican company owning Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other digital services
  • Meta announced new privacy features for Instagram.
2.
geographyRareUScity in Osage County, Missouri, in the United StatesRareUS
  • We stopped for lunch in Meta during our road trip.
3.
scienceTECH.TMUSbiomedical search platform for discovering and organizing research findingsTECH.TMUS
  • Meta helped scientists find relevant cancer studies quickly.
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Origin of Meta

Greek, meta (after/beyond)

Examples of Meta in a sentence

  • Regulators are investigating Meta for potential antitrust violations.
  • She grew up in Meta before moving to Jefferson City.
  • The festival in Meta attracts visitors from across the county.
  • Meta aggregates millions of neuroscience papers in one searchable interface.
  • Our lab subscribed to Meta to track new gene-therapy trials.

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  1. French:Meta, ...
  2. German:Meta, biomedizinische Suchplattform Meta, ...
  3. Italian:Meta, la piattaforma Meta, ...
  4. Spanish:Meta, ...
  5. Portuguese:Meta, plataforma Meta, ...
  6. Chinese:Meta, 梅塔市, ...
  7. Japanese:メタ, Meta, ...
  8. Arabic:مِيتا, ميتا, ...
  9. Hebrew:מֵטָא, מֶטָה, ...
  10. Russian:Meta, платформа Meta, ...
  11. Ukrainian:Meta, Мета, ...
  12. Hindi:मेटा, मेटा प्लेटफ़ॉर्म, ...

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