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cyber

USSY-ber/ˈsaɪ.bəɹ/UKSY-buh/ˈsaɪ.bə/

5 meanings of cyber

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Having to do with the internet, used before another word, as in cyber attack.

    The bank was hit by a cyber attack last night.

    Our school runs a class on cyber safety for new students.

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  2. 2
    security departmentnoununcountable
    The work of keeping computers and the internet safe from attacks.

    She got a job in cyber right after college.

    The company spends more on cyber every year.

  3. 3
    online worldnoununcountable
    The internet and all the things connected to it, thought of as one thing.

    So much of daily life now happens in the cyber.

    My grandfather says the cyber has changed how kids make friends.

    Similarinternet

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  4. 4
    goth fashionadjectivecolloquial
    Belonging to cybergoth style, which mixes goth clothes with a high-tech, space-age look.

    At the club, the cyber kids wore neon hair and big goggles.

    She saved up for cyber boots with huge platforms and glowing laces.

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Less common meaning

  1. 5
    sex chatverbdatedintransitive
    To have a sexual chat with someone over the internet.

    Someone in the chat room kept asking strangers if they wanted to cyber.

    They met online and cybered every night that summer.

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Origin

Taken from the word cybernetics, then used as a word on its own.