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Added 10 October 2026

macro

/ˈmæk.ɹoʊ/ adjective

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about macro at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Very large in scale or scope.
Clipping of macrobiotic.

noun

Clipping of macroeconomics.
Clipping of macromanagement.
Clipping of macronutrient.

verb

Clipping of macromanage.

noun

A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
A type of computer program designed to consume, transform, and generate other computer programs; a metaprogram.
The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.

Origin

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

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