Definitions

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  • prefix A combining form signifying long, large, great.

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  • prefix large
  • prefix long
  • prefix inclusive

Etymologies

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From French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makros, "long").

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Examples

  • There has always been varying levels of stress in the world on both the micro- and macro- scales, but I would venture to say that it may be occurring at several notches above the usual what has been historically known.

    Mitchell J. Rabin: Socially-Conscious Stress Management Mitchell J. Rabin 2011

  • That's partly because—as the chancellor likes to point out—a stable macro- economic environment is the most important service government can provide to business.

    Osborne Really Has to Hold His Nerve Simon Nixon 2011

  • Even though this frenzied buzz of activity is managed at a macro- or system- scale by key-role organs, including our brain, it always relies on the rules of physics and chemistry, which are coded within these biomolecules, that apply at the nanoscale.

    Nanotechnoglogy world: Nanomedicine offers new cures 2011

  • That the U.K. economy needed to be restructured was evident in both macro- and industry-level data even before the financial crisis.

    Rebalancing Act for U.K. Alen Mattich 2011

  • There has always been varying levels of stress in the world on both the micro- and macro- scales, but I would venture to say that it may be occurring at several notches above the usual what has been historically known.

    Mitchell J. Rabin: Socially-Conscious Stress Management Mitchell J. Rabin 2011

  • As taught by Mankiw, a great talent, it conveys modern macro- and microeconomics mostly through the prism of capitalism, rather than through socialism or communism.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • As taught by Mankiw, a great talent, it conveys modern macro- and microeconomics mostly through the prism of capitalism, rather than through socialism or communism.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • "The new proposal, while reflecting the current macro- economic uncertainty in the euro-zone, is targeted at giving Eircom the best chance to be competitive and viable," he said in an e-mailed response to questions.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • "It's a clear pattern of China's intention to help stabilize the euro area," said Nicholas Zhu, head of macro- commodity research for Asia at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group in Shanghai and a former World Bank economist.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • "It's a clear pattern of China's intention to help stabilize the euro area," said Nicholas Zhu, head of macro- commodity research for Asia at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group in Shanghai and a former World Bank economist.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

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