macro

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macro/ˈmakrəʊ/

▶noun (pl. macros)

• 1 (also macro instruction) Computing a single instruction that expands automatically into a set of instructions to perform a task.

• 2 Photography a macro lens.

▶adjective large-scale; overall.

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macro-/ˈmakrəʊ/

▶combining form

• 1 large; large-scale: macromolecule.

• 2 over a long period; long: macroevolution.

– origin from Gk makros ‘long, large’.