meta- combining form prefix: meta-; prefix: met- 1. denoting a change of position or condition. "metamorphosis" 2. denoting position behind, after, or beyond. "metacarpus" 3. denoting something of a higher or second-order kind. "metalanguage" Origin From Greek meta "with, across, after." Kieran Hensley is what's commonly called a meta. A meta, by definition, is someone with abilities the rest of the population, or typics, do not possess. There are a vast array of different metas in the community with wildly different abilities and gifts. And Kieran is one of the few who has the ability to see possible futures. Follow Kieran as she navigates the social structure of Canthroe, a training school for metas, while trying to control the visions that plague her about the impending change in the meta community.