Definition
Definition of meta - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
video gamesTECH. dominant in competitive gaming strategiesTECH.
- That character is considered meta in tournaments.
2.
self-referenceself-referential or about itself
- The movie is very meta, referencing its own plot.
3.
higher levelrelating to a higher or more abstract level
- The professor led a meta discussion about the theory itself.
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
acr: Meta Language
system for describing other languages or structures
acr: Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet
big tech companies in the world
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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- French:meta, méta, ...
- German:meta, selbstreferenziell, ...
- Italian:meta, autoreferenziale, ...
- Spanish:dominante, autorreferencial, ...
- Portuguese:meta, metateórico, ...
- Chinese:主流的, 自指的, ...
- Japanese:メタの, メタ, ...
- Arabic:ميتا, ذاتيّ الإحالة, ...
- Hebrew:מֵטָא, מֻדָּע לְעַצְמוֹ, ...
- Russian:мета, самореферентный, ...
- Ukrainian:домінуючий, метатеоретичний, ...
- Hindi:प्रमुख, स्वयं-संदर्भित, ...
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.
geographyRare US city in Osage County, Missouri, in the United StatesRare US
- We stopped for lunch in Meta during our road trip.
3.
scienceTECH. TM US biomedical search platform for discovering and organizing research findingsTECH. TM US
- Meta helped scientists find relevant cancer studies quickly.
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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- French:Meta, ...
- German:Meta, biomedizinische Suchplattform Meta, ...
- Italian:Meta, la piattaforma Meta, ...
- Spanish:Meta, ...
- Portuguese:Meta, plataforma Meta, ...
- Chinese:Meta, 梅塔市, ...
- Japanese:メタ, Meta, ...
- Arabic:مِيتا, ميتا, ...
- Hebrew:מֵטָא, מֶטָה, ...
- Russian:Meta, платформа Meta, ...
- Ukrainian:Meta, Мета, ...
- Hindi:मेटा, मेटा प्लेटफ़ॉर्म, ...
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