Hyper Definition
hīpər
adjective
High-strung; keyed up.
Webster's New World
Emotionally stimulated or overexcited.
American Heritage Medicine
(colloquial) Short for hyperactive.
Wiktionary
prefix
Over; above; beyond.
Hypercharge.
American Heritage
Excessive; excessively.
Hypercritical.
American Heritage
Existing in more than three dimensions.
Hyperspace.
American Heritage
Linked or arranged nonsequentially.
Hypertext.
American Heritage
affix
Over, above, more than the normal, excessive.
Hypercritical, hyperopia.
Webster's New World
Existing in a space of four or more dimensions.
Hyperplane.
Webster's New World
Hyperoxide.
Webster's New World
noun
(science fiction) Short for hyperspace.
Wiktionary
Origin of Hyper
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Greek huper- from huper over, beyond uper in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Gr hyper- < hyper, over, above, concerning: see super
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (huper, “over").
From Wiktionary
Short for hyperactive
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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