meta

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Noun 4 Faroese 4.1 Verb 4.1.1 Conjugation 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Latin 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Inflection 6.2.2 Related terms 7 Maltese 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronoun 8 Polish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.2.1 Declension 9 Serbo-Croatian 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Pronunciation 9.3 Noun 9.3.1 Declension 10 Slovene 10.1 Noun 11 Spanish 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 12 Swedish 12.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From meta-

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meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)

1. (informal) Self-referential; at a higher level
   • 2002, Robert C. Neville, Religion in Late Modernity^[1], ISBN 079145424X, page 31:

     […] in finessing obligations you fail a "meta" kind of obligation.

   • 2006, Brendan Vaughan, What Would MacGyver Do?^[2], ISBN 1594630240, page 186:

     Besides, I can just hear Vaughan: "Very funny, Stacey, very Charlie Kaufman-esque, very meta, very '97. I can't use it."

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aemt
• mate, maté
• meat
• tame
• team

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[edit] Basque

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meta

1. heap

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meta f.

1. base (in baseball, one of the three places)

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meta

1. to measure, to esteem, to consider

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meta, v-2-30
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	meti	metir/ metar	metir/ metar	meta
Past	metti/ metaði	metti/ metaði	metti/ metaði	mettu/ metaðu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	met/ meta !	—	metið !
Infinitive	meta
Pres. part.	metandi
Past part. a5/a6	mettur/ metaður
Supine	mett/ metað

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meta f. (plural mete)

1. destination, aim
2. (rugby) try

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[edit] Latin

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• IPA: /ˈmeː.ta/

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mēta (genitive mētae); f, first declension

1. cone, pyramid
2. turning point, winning post (pillar at each end of the Circus route)
3. boundary limit
4. (figuratively) goal, end, limit, turning point
5. vocative singular of mēta

mētā f.

1. ablative singular of mēta

[edit] Inflection

First declension (1).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mēta	mētae
genitive	mētae	mētārum
dative	mētae	mētīs
accusative	mētam	mētās
ablative	mētā	mētīs
vocative	mēta	mētae

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• mētārī
• mētātor
• mētīrī

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[edit] Maltese

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From Arabic متى (matā).

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meta

1. when

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛta/
•  Audio^{help, file}

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meta f.

1. (sports) finish(ing) line

   Był tak wyczerpany, że ledwo dobiegł do mety.

   He was so tired that he hardly reached the finishing line.

2. (informal) place, where alcohol is illegally sold or drunk
3. (informal) place, where you can stay for a short while

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meta	mety
Genitive	mety	met
Dative	mecie	metom
Accusative	metę	mety
Instrumental	metą	metami
Locative	mecie	metach
Vocative	meto	mety

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From Italian meta.

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• IPA: /měːta/
• Hyphenation: me‧ta

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méta f. (Cyrillic spelling ме́та)

1. target

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meta f.

1. mint (plant)

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[edit] Spanish

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From Latin meta (“‘turning point’”).

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meta f. (plural metas)

1. goal.
2. target.

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[edit] Verb

Conjugations of meta
Infinitive	meta
Present tense	metar
Past tense	metade
Supine	metat
Imperative	meta
Present participle	metande, metandes
Past participle	metad

meta

1. angle for fish