meta

See also metà, meta-, and Meta

English

Etymology

From meta-

Adjective

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."

Anagrams

• mate, maté, meat, tame, team

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Basque

Noun

meta

1. heap

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Czech

Etymology

From Latin mēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛta/

Noun

meta f.

1. frontier, goal, objective, ambition
2. (softball, baseball) base

Declension

    declension of meta

	singular	plural
nominative	meta	mety
genitive	mety	met
dative	metě	metám
accusative	metu	mety
vocative	meto	mety
locative	metě	metách
instrumental	metou	metami

Synonyms

• cíl

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Faroese

Verb

meta

1. to measure, to esteem, to consider

Conjugation

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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Italian

Noun

meta f. (plural mete)

1. destination, aim
2. (rugby) try

Anagrams

• team, tema

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Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmeː.ta/

Noun

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

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

Related terms

• mētārī
• mētātor
• mētīrī

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic متى (matā).

Pronoun

meta

1. when

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛta/

• Audio

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Noun

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

Declension

    declension of meta

	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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Portuguese

Noun

meta f. (plural metas)

1. goal.
2. target.

Verb

meta

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb meter.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb meter.
3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of verb meter.
4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb meter.
5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of verb meter.
6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb meter.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian meta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /měːta/
• Hyphenation: me‧ta

Noun

méta f. (Cyrillic spelling ме́та)

1. target

Declension

    declension of meta

	singular	plural
nominative	meta	mete
genitive	mete	meta
dative	meti	metama
accusative	metu	mete
vocative	meto	mete
locative	meti	metama
instrumental	metom	metama

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Slovene

Noun

meta f.

1. mint (plant)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at mint. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see meta in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2008

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin meta (“turning point”).

Noun

meta f. (plural metas)

1. goal.
2. target.

Etymology 2

Verb

meta (infinitive meter)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of meter.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of meter.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of meter.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of meter.

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Swedish

Verb

meta

1. to angle for fish

Conjugation

Conjugation of meta

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	meta	metas
Present tense	metar	metas
Past tense	metade	metades
Supine	metat	metats
Imperative	meta	—
Present participle	metande
Past participle	metad

Related terms

• metspö