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meta- — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • meta adj Referring to itself or its own category — self-aware or self-referential in nature.

Senses

meta- is used for these senses in English:

  • meta- Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc. [From 17th century]

meta — full definition

  1. adj Referring to itself or its own category — self-aware or self-referential in nature.
  2. adj In gaming, describing a strategy, character, or item that is currently considered the most effective and widely used.