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hyper
1[ hahy-per ]
adjective
- overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- seriously or obsessively concerned; fanatical; rabid:
She's hyper about noise pollution.
noun
- a person who is hyper.
hyper
2[ hahy-per ]
noun
- a person who promotes or publicizes events, people, etc., especially one who uses flamboyant or questionable methods; promoter; publicist.
hyper-
3- a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “over,” usually implying excess or exaggeration ( hyperbole ); on this model used, especially as opposed to hypo-, in the formation of compound words ( hyperthyroid ).
hyper
1/ ˈhaɪpə /
adjective
- informal.overactive; overexcited
hyper-
2prefix
- above, over, or in excess
hypercritical
- (in medicine) denoting an abnormal excess
hyperacidity
- indicating that a chemical compound contains a greater than usual amount of an element
hyperoxide
hyper–
- A prefix that means “excessive” or “excessively,” especially in medical terms like hypertension and hyperthyroidism.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hyper1
Origin of hyper2
Example Sentences
Boys are taught early in life to devalue care, to be hyper-competitive, super-achieving men.
She was born into a patriarchy and an industry that hyper-sexualizes women all the time.
But the reality is that in our 24-7 hyper-connected world, powering down often requires powering up.
Jane was raised in a matriarchal family by her hyper-religious grandma and young, aspiring singer single mother.
But this patient was a doctor who had been treating people with Ebola in a facility awash with hyper-infective fluids.
This delight was at one time somewhat disturbed by his hyper-sensitiveness.
The two highest of these keys—the Hyper-lydian and the Hyper-aeolian—appear to have been added in the time of the Empire.
This report—exploited in five-column head-lines by a hyper-hysterical paper of that period received wide attention.
I trust that if we can ensure an atmosphere hyper-oxygenated to a certain point, we may be able to retain our senses.
He had fought a short but furious ship-action, battering the invader until he was glad to hyper out.
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