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Definition of hyper
1 : high-strung, excitable; also : highly excited was a little hyper after drinking too much coffee
2 : extremely active hyper children
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Examples of hyper in a Sentence
I get a little hyper when I drink too much coffee.
she's so hyper that she's the last person you'd want to turn to in an emergency
Recent Examples of hyper from the Web
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But when everyone is so hyper-connected, such conflict may seem like an inevitable part of modern life.
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Wise use of force Washington’s bold vision to wear down the British, combined with hyper-awareness of his relative weakness in tactics, led to great intentionality in the use of his forces.
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Any one of these hyper-speed projectiles could cause impact damage ranging from divots to explosions.
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The magical appeal of Circus 1903 is a new breed of pachyderm: hyper-realistic, life-size puppets, by the creators of the Broadway smash War Horse.
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And for eastern hemlock trees, adelgids stimulate a hyper-sensitivity response, like an allergic reaction, McCullough said.
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Fortuitously, that was exactly what Kalanick's $70 billion start-up, which was increasingly a hyper-masculine disaster, required.
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The Datafolha polling institute showed over the weekend that just 7 percent of those questioned approved of Temer’s administration, the worst since the country was embroiled in a crisis of hyper-inflation on the watch of President Jose Sarney.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A hyper-aggressive black bear moved back and forth between two women in a ferocious attack earlier this week that left a newlywed dead and her co-worker injured in a remote area of Alaska, their employer said Thursday.
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Origin and Etymology of hyper
short for hyperactive
Other Psychology Terms
hyper-
Definition of hyper-
1 : above : beyond : super- hypermarket
2a : excessively hypersensitiveb : excessive hyperemia
3 : that is or exists in a space of more than three dimensions hyperspace
4 : bridging points within an entity (such as a database or network) nonsequentially hypertext
hyperacuity
hyperacute
hyperaesthetic
hyperaggressive
Origin and Etymology of hyper-
Latin hyper-, from Greek, from hyper — more at over
HYPER Defined for English Language Learners
hyper
playDefinition of hyper for English Language Learners
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: very excited, nervous, or active
hyper-
Definition of hyper- for English Language Learners
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: excessively or extremely
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: excessive or extreme
HYPER- Defined for Kids
hyper-
Definition of hyper- for Students
: excessively hypersensitive
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