Definitions for meta
ˈmɛt əmeta

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. metaadjective

   Self-referential; at a higher level

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1. Meta

   Meta (from the Greek μετά, meta, meaning "after" or "beyond") is a prefix meaning "more comprehensive" or "transcending."

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1. Meta

   Meta, is a prefix used in English to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.

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1. meta

   [from analytic philosophy] One level of description up. A metasyntactic variable is a variable in notation used to describe syntax, and meta-language is language used to describe language. This is difficult to explain briefly, but much hacker humor turns on deliberate confusion between meta-levels. See hacker humor.

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1. metanoun

   0.) Used as a virtual speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition typing in motion. 1.) Referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self- referential. 2.) Being in the sense of "Beyond" a child's word.

   The meta of time is dictatorship versus political views.

   Etymology: Virtual reality

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on October 20, 2023  

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   Metanoun

   28 Oct 2021 — Today at Connect 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta, which brings together our apps and technologies under one new company brand.

   
   

   Submitted by Soulwriter on December 27, 2021  

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1. META

   What does META stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the META acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. META

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Meta is ranked #62903 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Meta surname appeared 318 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Meta.
   
   79.8% or 254 total occurrences were White.
   9.1% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5.6% or 18 total occurrences were Black.
   3.4% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.8% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for meta »

1. mate

2. maté

3. meat

4. tame

5. team

6. tema

How to pronounce meta?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say meta in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meta in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meta in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of meta in a Sentence

1. Angelo Zino:

   You look at [ Meta ] today and, yes, they've got almost all the money in the world to throw at this, but at the same time, there are many, many other players that are trying to do the same thing that Meta's trying to do... and I would argue that there are many players out there that are well ahead.

2. Keanu Reeves:

   That similarity – Ron Garney is the amazing artist who's illustrating and designing ‘Brzrkr’ – I didn't know he was going to do that, but that's what he did, so I think it's kind of meta.

3. Angelo Zino of CFRA Research:

   There are many, many other players that are trying to do the same thing that Meta's trying to do, and I would argue that there are many players out there that are well ahead.

4. John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, www.covertcomic.com:

   A vending machine factory is a meta vending machine.

5. Ben Carson:

   We really have to protect the Constitution, the Fourth Amendment, and there are aspects of the Patriot Act, such as the massive meta-data collection, which I think probably are not necessary.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meta
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=meta
4. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Meta
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html