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metaverse

Syllables: met·uh·vurs/ˈmɛt.ə.vɜːs/US/ˈmɛt.ə.vɝs/

metaverse noun: a hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.

Noun

metaverse (plural metaverses)

  1. (Internet) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
    • Hiro walks straight through the display, and it vanishes. Amusement park in the Metaverse can be fantastic, offering a wide selection of interactive three-dimensional movies.2011 [1992], Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 36
    • It is closer, in other words, to another science fiction vision, the “metaverse” Neal Stephenson envisioned in his 1992 Snow Crash. That particular moniker has not caught on, but many of Stephenson's ideas about what the on-line world can look like are driving a new generation of entrepreneurs to...1997 July 7, Zina Moukheiber, “The geeks have inherited the earth”, in Forbes, →ISSN, pages 354–356
  2. (archaic) A set or the composite of all universes.
    • A single-cycle universe comes to eternal rest. But further instabilities in the virtual energy domain may occur, and some of these may be potent enough to create new universes. The thesis of a metaverse giving rise to local universes is cogent, […]2003, Ervin Laszlo, The Connectivity Hypothesis, page 108

metaverse meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese

metaverse in Tamil

கூட்டு மெய்நிகர் வெளி

metaverse in Bengali

একটি ভার্চুয়াল বাস্তবতা স্থান

metaverse in Vietnamese

hypothetical future Internet
siêu vũ trụ ảo, siêu vũ trụ số, siêu vũ trụ

Examples of metaverse in a sentence

  • It is closer, in other words, to another science fiction vision, the “metaverse” Neal Stephenson envisioned in his 1992 Snow Crash.1997 July 7, Zina Moukheiber, “The geeks have inherited the earth”, in Forbes, →ISSN, pages 354–356:
  • Video games like Roblox and Fortnite and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in which players can build their own worlds, have metaverse tendencies, as does most social media.2021 July 10, John Herrman, Kellen Browning, “Are We in the Metaverse Yet?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • In the world of Snow Crash, the metaverse is not viewed as particularly cool—it is necessary, because the real world has become so unbearable.2021 July 30, Brian Merchant, “The Metaverse Has Always Been a Dystopian Idea”, in VICE:
  • The metaverse is the convergence of two ideas that have been around for many years: virtual reality and a digital second life.2022 January 18, Brian X. Chen, “What’s All the Hype About the Metaverse?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

All 11 example sentences with metaverse

Synonyms of metaverse

Forms of metaverse

pluralmetaverses

Origin of metaverse

From meta- + (uni)verse. Analyzable as meta- + -verse. In the sci-fi sense coined by American science fiction writer Neal Stephenson in 1992.

Words formed from metaverse

Questions about metaverse

What does metaverse mean?
Metaverse means a hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
What is metaverse in Tamil?
Metaverse in Tamil is கூட்டு மெய்நிகர் வெளி. See Metaverse meaning in Tamil.
How do you use metaverse in a sentence?
It is closer, in other words, to another science fiction vision, the “metaverse” Neal Stephenson envisioned in his 1992 Snow Crash.
What part of speech is metaverse?
Metaverse is a noun.
How do you pronounce metaverse?
Metaverse is pronounced /ˈmɛt.ə.vɜːs/ (UK).
What is the plural of metaverse?
The plural of metaverse is metaverses.

Words near metaverse in the dictionary

  1. metaventrite
  2. metaventrites
  3. metaversal
  4. metaversality
  5. metaversally
  6. metaverse
  7. metaverses
  8. metavinculin
  9. metaviriome
  10. metaviriomes
  11. metaviriomic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metaverse (page history and authors); metaverse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); metaverse (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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