meta
Self-referential; structured analogously, but at a higher levelSelf-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
» I'm interested in things meta-physical.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
Suppose you have a genie that grants you three wishes. If you wish for infinite wishes, that is a meta wish.
Suppose you have a homework task where you need to edit a wiki page and upload a screenshot of this entry underneath the word meta as an example of what meta is.
Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.
I don't think the character will be meta even with the recent buffs.
Examples
5 sentencesI'm interested in things meta-physical.
Meta will control your life.
The village people called the old woman Meta.
Facebook controls your screen life. Meta will control your whole life.
What is it like to work as a software engineer at Meta?
Translations
2 languagesForms
more meta, most metaWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form