Real Dictionary

Meta in American English
noun: a female given name
prefix: a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model

meta in American English 1
noun: a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places

meta in American English 2
adjective: pertaining to or occupying two positions (1, 3) in the benzene ring that are separated by one carbon atom

meta in British English
adjective: concerned with cultural conventions rather than with reality
noun: a river in Colombia, rising in the Andes and flowing northeast and east, forming part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, to join the Orinoco River. Length: about 1000 km (620 miles)
prefix: indicating change, alteration, or alternation

meta- in American English
change in position or form, alteration, transposition