macro

See also: macró

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmæk.ɹəʊ/

Etymology 1

1933, from macro-, from French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).

Adjective

macro (not comparable)

1. 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 […]

2. (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.

Translations

very large in scale

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宏- (zh) (hóng-)

• French: macro- (fr)
• German: makro- (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: μακρο- (el) (makro-)
• Russian: макро- (ru) (makro-)
• Telugu: స్థూల (te) (sthūla)

Noun

macro (countable and uncountable, plural macros)

1. (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 […]

2. (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of macroeconomics.

Etymology 2

1959, shortened form of macroinstruction.

Noun

macro (plural macros)

1. (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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宏 (zh) (hóng), (Taiwan) 巨集 (zh) (jùjí)

• Czech: makro n
• Danish: makro c
• Finnish: makro (fi)
• French: macro (fr) f, macro-commande (fr) f
• German: Makro (de) n
• Greek: μακροεντολή f (makroentolí)
• Icelandic: fjölvaskipun f, fjölvi m
• Japanese: マクロ (ja) (makuro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 매크로 (maekeuro)
• Maori: tonotono
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: makro m

  Nynorsk: makro m

• Portuguese: macro (pt) f
• Russian: ма́крос (ru) m (mákros), макрокома́нда (ru) f (makrokománda)
• Spanish: macro f

See also

• Macro (computer science) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• macro expansion
• template

Etymology 3

1971, elliptical form of macro lens, from macro- + lens. Compare macrophotography.

Noun

macro (plural macros)

1. (photography) macro lens

Anagrams

• AMORC, Comar, Coram, Marco, carom, croma

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Italian

Noun

macro f (uncountable)

1. (computing) macro, macroinstruction
2. (photography) macrophotography
3. (economics) macroeconomy

Synonyms

• (computing):
• macroistruzione
• (photography):
• macrofotografia
• (economics):
• macroeconomia

Anagrams

• croma
• marco, Marco, marcò

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) macrō

1. dative masculine singular of macer
2. dative neuter singular of macer
3. ablative masculine singular of macer
4. ablative neuter singular of macer

References

• “macro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Portuguese

Noun

macro m (plural macros)

1. Alternative form of mácron

Noun

macro f or m (plural macros)

1. (computing) macro (abbreviation of complicated input)

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Spanish

Noun

macro m (plural macros)

1. (computing) macro