Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metacognitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: metacog-ni-tive
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to metacognition.

Example Sentences

"An adapted version of the Strategies Inventory for Language Learning questionnaire was used for data collection. The results showed that Hungarian students mainly engage in metacognitive strategies in both years."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English cognitive English metacognitive From meta- + cognitive.

Derived Forms

metacognitively

Questions

What does metacognitive mean?: Pertaining to metacognition.
Where does metacognitive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English cognitive English metacognitive From meta- + cognitive.

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