Meanings
nounmeta-analysis (countable and uncountable, plural meta-analyses)
plural meta-analyses · alternative metaanalysis · alternative metanalysis
- countableuncountablemathematicsAny systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.
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.
2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN - countableuncountablemathematicsAn analysis resulting from combining the results of diverse statistical studies.
- countableuncountableAn analysis performed at a higher level of abstraction than that of basic analysis.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
- Englishmeta-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Hellenic*aná
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
- Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
- Ancient Greekἀναλύω (analúō)
- Ancient Greekἀνάλυσις (análusis)
- Medieval Latinanalysis
- Englishanalysis
- Englishmeta-analysis
Translations
Catalan metaanàlisi
- metaanàlisistatistics
Chinese Mandarin 元分析, 薈萃分析 /荟萃分析
- 元分析 (yuánfēnxī)statistics
- 薈萃分析 /荟萃分析 (huìcuì fēnxī)statistics
- 後設分析 /后设分析 (hòushè fēnxī)statistics
- 統合分析 /统合分析statistics
- 統合分析 /统合分析 (tǒnghé fēnxī)statistics
Czech metaanalýza
- metaanalýzastatistics
Dutch meta-analyse
- meta-analysestatistics
Estonian metaanalüüs
- metaanalüüsstatistics
Finnish meta-analyysi
- meta-analyysistatistics
French méta-analyse
- méta-analysestatistics
German Metaanalyse
- Metaanalysestatistics
Greek μετανάλυση, μεταανάλυση
- μετανάλυση (metanálysi)statistics
- μεταανάλυση (metaanálysi)statistics
Icelandic safngreining
- safngreiningstatistics
Japanese メタ分析, メタ解析
- メタ分析 (metabunseki)statistics
- メタ解析 (metakaiseki)statistics
- メタアナリシス (metaanarishisu)statistics
Korean 메타분석
- 메타분석 (metabunseok)statistics
Polish metaanaliza
- metaanalizastatistics
Portuguese metanálise, meta-análise
- metanálisestatistics
- meta-análisestatistics
Spanish metanálisis
- metanálisisstatistics
Vietnamese phân tích gộp, phân tích tổng hợp
- phân tích gộpstatistics
- phân tích tổng hợpstatistics
- phân tích metastatistics
Cite this entry
APA
meta-analysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meta-analysis
MLA
“meta-analysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meta-analysis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meta-analysis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meta-analysis.
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