meta-
combining form/metə/, /məˈtæ/
/metə/, /məˈtæ/
in nouns, adjectives and verbs- connected with a change of position or state
- metamorphosis
- metabolism
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- higher; beyond
- metaphysics
- metalanguage
Word Originfrom Greek meta ‘with, across, or after’.
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