meta-prefix
uk/met.ə-/us/met̬.ə-/involving change:
metamorphose (= to change into a completely different form)
metabolism (= the processes in the body that change food into energy)
outside the normal limits of something:
metalanguage (= a specialized form of language used for describing a language)
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Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- polymorphous
- reverse
- swing
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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