"metamessage" meaning in English

See metamessage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: metamessages [plural]
Etymology: meta- + message Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|message}} meta- + message Head templates: {{en-noun}} metamessage (plural metamessages)
  1. An implicit message that could be inferred or implied from a message.
    Sense id: en-metamessage-en-noun-19Bj9kUa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 50 50
  2. A message about messages.
    Sense id: en-metamessage-en-noun-pIowpdEe Categories (other): English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for metamessage meaning in English (1.2kB)

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