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hypergrowth en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English growth English hypergrowth From hyper- + growth.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Extremely rapid growth
   • United States-based online merchants are looking for ways to sustain the hypergrowth they experienced in their early years[…]. 2007 July 30, Bob Tedeschi, “U.S. Merchants Look to the North in Bid to Rejuvenate Slowing Sales”, in New York Times:
   • The jungle-planet Pragia is overrun by choking hypergrowth caused by industrially-mutated plant species. 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Pragia:

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