Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meta-analysis

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: meta--anal-y-sis
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An analysis resulting from combining the results of diverse statistical studies.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An analysis performed at a higher level of abstraction than that of basic analysis.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She began asking the question, “Were you friends with your partner before you became romantically involved?” in her other research and conducted a meta-analysis for this paper."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Ancient Greek ἀναλύω (analúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis)bor. Medieval Latin analysisbor. English analysis English meta-analysis From meta- + analysis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

meta-analyses (plural) metaanalysis (alternative) metanalysis (alternative)

Phrases

meta-analytic

Frequently Paired Words

meta-analytic metaanalytic metanalytic epistemology metamethod metaresearch metascience metasynthesis

Questions

What does meta-analysis mean?: Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
Where does meta-analysis come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Ancient Greek ἀναλύω (analúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis)bor. Medieval Latin analysisbor. English analysis English meta-analysis From meta- + analysis.

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