META | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Meta

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

1980s: from meta-

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈmɛtə
Dialects: British English
Definition:

(of a creative work) referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential

Short Definition:

referring to itself or to conventions of its genre

Examples:
  • the enterprise is inherently ‘meta’, since it doesn't review movies, for example, it reviews the reviewers who review movies

Word: Meta

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈmɛtə
Dialects: British English
Short Definition:

meta key

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