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metae

metae is the plural of meta.

Meaning of meta

Noun (1)

meta (plural metas)

  1. (Internet, broadly, countable) An informal but widely adopted practice in a given field; a de facto standard.
    • Each video sharing platform's community has a meta on how long videos should be.

Noun (2)

meta (plural metas or metae)

  1. Boundary marker.
  2. (historical) Either of the conical columns at each end of an Ancient Roman circus.

See all 8 meanings of meta

Questions about metae

What is metae the plural of?
Metae is the plural of meta.

Words near metae in the dictionary

  1. metadrenaline
  2. metadynamic
  3. metadynamics
  4. metadyne
  5. metadynes
  6. metae
  7. metaecosystem
  8. metaecosystems
  9. metaeffector
  10. metaeffectors
  11. metaemotion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metae (page history and authors); meta (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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