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ˈmɛt əmeta

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Wiktionary

  1. metaadjective

    Self-referential; at a higher level

Wikipedia

  1. Meta

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

Wikidata

  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.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  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.

Editors Contribution

  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  


  2. 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  

Suggested Resources

  1. META

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

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  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

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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. Erin Kenney:

    Salmon contains omega-3 fats which have been shown to significantly reduce the risk for sudden death caused by cardiac arrhythmias and all-cause mortality in patients with known coronary heart disease, these essential fats help by reducing inflammation in the body. If you don't like salmon, you may get the same benefits from a supplement based on a meta analysis that found fish oil omega‐3 supplements lowered risk for heart attack and death from coronary heart disease.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    Meta analysis studies show that, contrary to what we thought, masks really do work in preventing infection, when you find out you're wrong, it's a manifestation of your honesty to say,' Hey, I was wrong. I did subsequent experiments and now it's this way.'.

  3. Bruce Neal:

    Patients with sleep apnea, who are often at increased cardiovascular risk, need rigorous management with other indicated therapies, such as blood pressure lowering, statins, and antithrombotic drugs, i think the most interesting finding of the meta-analysis is that the best estimate of the effect of obstructive sleep apnea treatment on risk of major adverse cardiovascular events is very similar to the reduction in risk seen with aspirin, beta-blockers, or statin medications.

  4. Kate Starbird:

    What I predict we'll continue to see is consolidation around a couple of narratives that have more staying power that fit into this false meta-narrative of voter fraud that continue and persist, these will persist for years or even decades, unfortunately, because people are very motivated to both participate in them and believe them.

  5. Peter Horby:

    Even at the time of SARS1 in 2003, steroids were used, but at very different doses. Some of the studies showed a harm from steroids in SARS, some said there's possible benefits. A meta-analysis in 29 different studies in SARS was inconclusive. There's also been inconclusive results on MERS coronavirus and also influenza.

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