Macro

Quick meaning: Macro is an adjective meaning Very large in scale or scope.

Meaning

Very large in scale or scope.

More Meanings

1. (cooking, colloquial) Clipping of macrobiotic.
2. (uncountable, economics, colloquial) Clipping of macroeconomics.
3. (uncountable, gaming, slang) Clipping of macromanagement.
4. (countable, nutrition, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of macronutrient.
5. (countable, paraphilia, colloquial) Clipping of macrophile.
6. (uncountable, paraphilia, colloquial) Clipping of macrophilia.
7. (countable, paraphilia, colloquial, also attributive) In the context of macrophilia, one who is abnormally very large.

Example Sentences

Most macros are made by camera manufacturers to fit their cameras

The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.

The lens was a macro, capable of everything from an “infinity shot” to a close-up in which a single fingerprint filled the entire frame.

But simply turning off iCloud backups was an incomplete solution. The macro problem, I wrote in my column last year, is that people have sacrificed ownership and control of their data.

Word Forms

• macros
• macroes
• macroing
• macro'ing
• macroed
• macrod
• macro'ed
• macro'd

Synonyms for macro

Depending on context, synonyms include giant, giantess, large, big.

Antonyms for macro

Common opposites include micro.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include large, big, macroscopic, aggregate, micro, kidney.

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