macro
See also: macró
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/
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Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
1933, from macro-, from French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
Adjective
macro (not comparable)
- Very large in scope or scale.
- 1999, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex (page 115)
- Crumb's sexual fixation on gigantic women's legs became a major feature of his most celebrated images. Despite the common themes among macrophiles, Ed Lundt believes that no two macro fantasies are quite alike […]
- 1999, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex (page 115)
- (cooking, colloquial) Clipping of macrobiotic.
- 2015, Elizabeth Stein, Eating Purely:
- While there are many aspects to this way of living, the actual “diet” focuses on whole foods, consumed in traditional methods. A typical macro bowl includes grains, beans, steamed veggies, sea vegetables, and fermented foods.
Antonyms
- (large): micro
Translations
very large in scale
Noun
macro (countable and uncountable, plural macros)
- (colloquial, nutrition, countable, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of macronutrient.
- 2018, Spencer Langley, Flex Life: How to Transform Your Body Forever, Flex Life Inc. (→ISBN), page 81:
- Don't be afraid to include some “unhealthy” foods in your diet. The overarching rule about foods is if it fits your macros (IIFYM), then you can eat it. That means you can eat chocolate, ice cream, and many other indulgences […]
- 2018, Spencer Langley, Flex Life: How to Transform Your Body Forever, Flex Life Inc. (→ISBN), page 81:
- (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of macroeconomics.
- (colloquial, photography, countable) Short for macro lens.
- 1980, Popular Science (volume 217, number 6, page 94)
- Most macros are made by camera manufacturers to fit their cameras
- 2008, Richard Satterlie, Agnes Hahn
- 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.
- 1980, Popular Science (volume 217, number 6, page 94)
Etymology 2
1959, shortened form of macroinstruction.
Noun
macro (plural macros)
- (programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
- The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.
- 1998, "Dr. Cat", Furry web site plug (on newsgroup alt.fan.furry)
- There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.
Usage notes
- Often used attributively; a macro language is the syntax for defining new macros; while macro expansion refers to the task of replacing the human-friendly version with a machine-readable version; a macro virus is a computer virus written in a macro language. Individual macros are sometimes referred to as macro functions, particularly when they accept parameters.
- The distinction between a macro language and a programming language is imprecise. Often a macro language is designed to allow one to customize one particular program, whereas a programming language is designed for writing entirely new programs.
- Whereas a shortcut is particularly easy to use, widely supported, and designed for normal users, macro systems are normally designed for power users.
Translations
an abbreviation of complicated input
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See also
- Macro (computer science) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin macrum, accusative of macer (“lean, skinny”). Doublet of magro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
macro (feminine macra, masculine plural macri, feminine plural macre)
Related terms
References
- macro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From the clipping of various terms.
Pronunciation
Adjective
macro (invariable)
Noun
macro f (invariable)
References
- macro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3
Unadapted borrowing from French macro, from maquereau.
Pronunciation
Noun
macro m (invariable)
References
- macro3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) macrō
References
- “macro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧cro
- Rhymes: -akɾu
Noun
macro m (plural macros)
- Alternative form of mácron
Noun
macro f or m (plural macros)
Romanian
Noun
macro n (plural macrouri)
- Alternative form of macrou
Declension
Declension of macro
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) macro | macroul | (niște) macrouri | macrourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) macro | macroului | (unor) macrouri | macrourilor |
vocative | macroule | macrourilor |
Spanish
Noun
macro m (plural macros)
Further reading
- “macro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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