| METATHEORY | • metatheory n. A theory about a theory. • metatheory n. Examination of the theory or theories relating to a certain field of study or endeavour. • METATHEORY n. philosophical discussion of the foundations, structure, or results of some theory, such as metamathematics. |
| METATHESES | • metatheses n. Plural of metathesis. • METATHESIS n. the transposition within a word of letters, sounds, or syllables, as in the change from Old English brid to modern English bird or in the confusion of modren for modern. |
| METATHESIS | • metathesis n. (Phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/. • metathesis n. (Inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts. • metathesis n. (Organic chemistry) The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped. |
| METATHETIC | • metathetic adj. (Linguistics) Exhibiting metathesis. • METATHETIC adj. relating to metathesis, also METATHETICAL. |
| METATHERIAN | • metatherian adj. (Zoology) Belonging or pertaining to the infraclass Metatheria of marsupials. • metatherian n. (Zoology) A member of the infraclass Metatheria. • METATHERIAN adj. of, relating to, or belonging to the Metatheria, a subclass of mammals comprising the marsupials. |
| METATHESISE | • metathesise v. Alternative form of metathesize. • METATHESISE v. to transpose by metathesis, metathesize. |
| METATHESIZE | • metathesize v. (Linguistics) To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word. • METATHESIZE v. to transpose by metathesis, also METATHESISE. |
| METATHEORIES | • metatheories n. Plural of metatheory. • METATHEORY n. philosophical discussion of the foundations, structure, or results of some theory, such as metamathematics. |
| METATHERIANS | • metatherians n. Plural of metatherian. • METATHERIAN n. any metatherian mammal; a marsupial. |
| METATHESISED | • metathesised v. Simple past tense and past participle of metathesise. • METATHESISE v. to transpose by metathesis, metathesize. |
| METATHESISES | • metathesises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metathesise. • METATHESISE v. to transpose by metathesis, metathesize. |
| METATHESIZED | • metathesized v. Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize. • METATHESIZE v. to transpose by metathesis, also METATHESISE. |
| METATHESIZES | • metathesizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metathesize. • METATHESIZE v. to transpose by metathesis, also METATHESISE. |
| METATHETICAL | • metathetical adj. (Linguistics) Exhibiting metathesis. • METATHETICAL adj. relating to metathesis, also METATHETIC. |
| METATHESISING | • metathesising v. Present participle of metathesise. • METATHESISE v. to transpose by metathesis, metathesize. |
| METATHESIZING | • metathesizing v. Present participle of metathesize. • METATHESIZE v. to transpose by metathesis, also METATHESISE. |
| ANTIMETATHESES | • ANTIMETATHESIS n. inversion of the members of an antithesis, as in Crabbe's 'A poem is a speaking picture; a picture, a mute poem'. |
| ANTIMETATHESIS | • antimetathesis n. The repetition of the same word in a sentence with a different meaning. • antimetathesis n. The inversion of the parts of an antithesis, as in "A poem is a speaking picture; a picture, a mute poem" (Crabbe). • ANTIMETATHESIS n. inversion of the members of an antithesis, as in Crabbe's 'A poem is a speaking picture; a picture, a mute poem'. |
| METATHETICALLY | • metathetically adv. By means of, or in terms of, metathesis. • METATHETICAL adv. relating to metathesis, also METATHETIC. |
| METATHEORETICAL | • metatheoretical adj. Of or pertaining to metatheory, the theory of theories. • METATHEORETICAL adj. relating to metatheory. |