met imp. & p. p. of Meet.() imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure.(Chapman.) p. p. of Mete, to dream.(Chaucer.)[Gr. meta` between, with, after; akin to AS. mid with, G. mit, Goth. mi, E. mid, in midwife.]1. A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.()2. (Chem.) Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde.()3. A prefix meaning at a level above, as in metaphysics, metalanguage.()