macro
/ˈmækroʊ/
adjective
- Relating to the whole of something, especially a large-scale system or economy.
- Macro trends show that people are buying more electric cars.
- The company is looking at the macro picture, not just one department.
- We need a macro view of the problem to find the best solution.
- Very large in size or scale.
- In macro photography, even a small insect looks huge.
- The photographer used a macro lens to capture tiny details.
- The macro structure of the building was visible from the airplane.
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noun
- A single instruction in computer programming that represents a set of instructions, used to automate tasks.
- The programmer wrote a macro that saves hours of repetitive work.
- I created a macro to format all my documents the same way.
- You can record a macro in Excel to repeat your actions automatically.
- A short way of referring to macroeconomics, the study of the economy as a whole.
- The government uses macro data to set interest rates.
- The professor specializes in macro, focusing on national economic trends.
- In macro class, we learned about inflation and unemployment.
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