Meanings
nounhypergrowth (uncountable)
alternative hyper-growth
- uncountableExtremely rapid growth
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: Pragia1 more example
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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Englishgrowth
- Englishhypergrowth
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypergrowth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypergrowth.
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