macro-
See also: macro
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macro-
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Etymology edit
From French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
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macro-
- large
- long
- inclusive
- (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional
- great in scope or scale, to analyse at a high level, or existing in such a frame of reference
- large in quantity
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- Another form of macro- is macr-, which is especially used before a vowel (a, e, i, o and u, and sometimes y).
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- (augmentative): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, arch-, over-, mega-, maxi-, giga-, -zilla, grand
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large
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long
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From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
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macro-
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From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
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From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
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macro-
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From Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).
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macro-
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μακρο- (makro-, “long, large”).
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macro-
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Further reading edit
- “macro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014