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metaconditions

metaconditions is the plural of metacondition.

Meaning of metacondition

Noun

metacondition (plural metaconditions)

  1. A condition dependent on other conditions.
    • The phenomenon cannot be described, she pointed out, by talking about individual changes in transformational rules or whatnot: Rather, it must be described as a metacondition on the way the grammar of a language as a whole will change.2003, Raymond Hickey, Motives for Language Change, page 104

Questions about metaconditions

What is metaconditions the plural of?
Metaconditions is the plural of metacondition.

Words near metaconditions in the dictionary

  1. metaconcept
  2. metaconcepts
  3. metaconceptual
  4. metaconceptually
  5. metacondition
  6. metaconditions
  7. metacone
  8. metacones
  9. metaconflict
  10. metaconflicts
  11. metaconglomerate

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