meta-
/ˈmɛtə/(also met- before a vowel or h)
combiningForm
1Denoting a change of position or condition: metamorphosis
2Denoting position behind, after, or beyond: metacarpus
3Denoting something of a higher or second-order kind: metalanguage metonym
4 Chemistry Denoting substitution at two carbon atoms separated by one other in a benzene ring, e.g. in 1,3 positions: metadichlorobenzene Compare with ortho- and para-1 (sense 2).
5 Chemistry Denoting a compound formed by dehydration: metaphosphoric acid
Origin
From Greek meta 'with, across, or after'.
- Pretorian prefecture
- Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging
- pretorium
- pretracheal
- pretrain
- pretraining
- pretransformational
- pretravel
- pretreat
- pretreatment
- pretrial
- prettification
- prettifier
- prettify
- prettily
- prettiness
- pretty
- pretty Betsy
- pretty boy
- pretty-by-night
- pretty dancers
- pretty face
- pretty-face wallaby
- pretty fellow
- prettyish