hyperope
- noun
- /ˈhaɪpəroʊp/
- Specialized
- Unlike a myope, a hyperope sees distant objects more clearly.
Examples
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The hyperope struggled to read the fine print without his glasses.
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Many hyperopes prefer to use reading glasses.
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Many elderly people become hyperopes as their eyes age.
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The hyperope struggled to read the small print.
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As a hyperope, she often found it difficult to focus on text up close without her glasses.
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The doctor explained that a hyperope can clearly see objects in the distance but struggles with nearby text.
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After many years, he accepted that he was a hyperope and needed glasses to read comfortably.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
hyperope = hyper + ope
This is a technical medical formation with a classical combining element, so an average learner would not reliably infer the meaning from the parts alone.
Etymology
Hyperope comes from Greek parts hyper- 'too much', seen in hyperactive, and -opia 'sight'. So a hyperope is a person who is 'farsighted' and can see far things more clearly than near ones.