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meta

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.ta/

“meta” is an Italian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. destination
  2. aim, goal, end
  3. try
  4. goal
  5. point
  6. meta (either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus)
  7. pile of straw
  8. haystack
  9. dung (of a farm animal)
  10. metaldehyde

In Italian

  1. punto d’arrivo
  2. nel gioco del rugby, segnatura di punti messa in atto trasportando la palla ovale oltre la linea omonima
  3. cumulo di escrementi di animale formatosi ogni volta che defeca

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.

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