meta
Clipping of metagameClipping of metagame.: An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
» I'm interested in things meta-physical.
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3 sensesClipping of metagame.
(Internet, broadly, countable)An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
Each video sharing platform's community has a meta on how long videos should be.
Boundary marker.
(historical)Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.
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?
Origin
From Latin mēta.From Latin mēta.
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Forms
plural: metas / metaeLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.