Meta Definition

mĕtə
adjective
Making or showing awareness of reference to oneself or to the activity that is taking place, especially in an ironic or comic way.
American Heritage
(informal) Self-referential; at a higher level.
Wiktionary
prefix
Later in time.
Metestrus.
American Heritage
At a later stage of development.
Metanephros.
American Heritage
Situated behind.
Metacarpus.
American Heritage
Change; transformation.
Metachromatism.
American Heritage
Alternation.
Metagenesis.
American Heritage
affix
Change in position or form, alteration, transposition.
Metathesis, metasomatism.
Webster's New World
After.
Metapneumonic.
Webster's New World
Behind, at the back.
Metanephros.
Webster's New World
Going beyond or higher, transcending.
Metalinguistics, metacriticism.
Webster's New World
Between.
Metope.
Webster's New World
noun
Wiktionary

Either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus.

Wiktionary

Origin of Meta

  • Greek from meta beside, after me-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From meta– (as in metalanguage)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From meta-

    From Wiktionary

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