Definition & Meaning: Word Root Hyper
Hyper- means ‘too, over, excessive, beyond’. ‘Hyperactive’ is a word that start with the prefix hyper. You say ‘hyperactive’ about someone, who is too active and cannot relax. The prefix hyper- is a morpheme, thus, it cannot be divided. It is important to remember – prefixes begin words.
Example sentence:
Hyperactive kids sometimes experience hyper-wakefulness that turns their parents’ life into a nightmare.
Words based on the root Hyper
1. Hyper-fit: Relating to someone who is fit beyond normal
2. Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
3. Hyperborean: Relating to inhabitants of the overly North
4. Hypercritical : Inclined to judge too severely
5. Hyperdontogency: Having beyond normal number of teeth
6. Hyperextend: Extend a limp or joint beyond normal limits
7. Hypergamy: Marrying someone whose class is beyond yours
8. Hyperirritability: A state of being too irritable
9. Hypermarket: A market that is too large that is usually located outside a town
10. Hyperpyrexia: The state when a body temperature is too high
11. Hyperreactive: Too reactive
12. Hyperreal: Too exaggerated rather than real
13. Hypersensitive: Too sensitive
14. Hypersimple: Too simple
15. Hypersonic: Relating to sound frequencies, which are over a thousand million hertz
16. Hyperspace: A space that has more/over three dimensions
17. Hypertension: A disorder in which blood pressure is too high
18. Hyperthermia: A condition when a body temperature is beyond normal
19. Hypertoxicity: Relating to excessively high toxicity
20. Hyperwakefulness: Staying awake too long and being unable to fall asleep
Why is hyper-fit hyphenated but none of the other examples are? How do you know when to hyphenate hyper? I am trying to use the term hyper-personalization in a marketing context. Would it be hyperpersonalization? hyper personalization?
Indeed a hyperefficient way to learn new words.
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This is fantastic and unbelievable way of learning meanings of a large number of previously unknown words within no time. The only thing one has to learn here is meaning of the roots which prefix with other words to make new words.