Definitions for META
ˈmɛt əmeta

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. metaadjective

   Self-referential; at a higher level

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Mary Pilon:

   While I was writing the book I was also buying an apartment, so the Monopoly themes got really meta, i never buy more house than I can afford, in the game or in real life. It makes me nervous just thinking about it.

2. Richard Isaacson:

   Neuroticism is specifically one trait that comes to mind, and past meta-analyses have also show this. Rumination and worry is linked to smaller brain volumes, it's unclear if the stress/neuroinflammation pathway drives this. A biomarker doesn't really exist for this so it's hard to prove.

3. James Scott:

   After Congress passed SJ Res 34, we are no longer merely battling a cyber-kinetic war on all fronts, we are now in a state of perpetual cyber-kinetic-meta war, and there will be no end.

4. 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.

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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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