How does the word sound?
History of this Word
"macro" is from "makros" (long or large) spoken by people of Greece starting about 1000 B.C.
Notes
In this sense, it is a word added to another word to form a new word.
More words with this prefix,
macrobiotics
macrodiagonal
macrospore
macroevolution
Definition
A prefix added to the start of a word. Indicates that "large" or "inclusive" modifies the word. Created to expand meanings. Can be used with many words to form new words.
Examples of how the word is used
| The main themes of macroeconomics are examined. |
| There is an unalterable law that the macrocosm (the totality) and the microcosm (the individual) are as like to each other as two drops of water. |