macro

A short computer instruction that stands for a longer set of instructions.

• This macro saves the file automatically.
• I recorded a macro to format the table.
• The program expands macros before processing the code.

Common phrases: run a macro, record a macro, keyboard macro, macro command

An unusually huge person or character in fantasies involving attraction to giants.

• The story features a friendly macro.
• She draws macros for fans of giant characters.
• In this fantasy, the macro towers over a city.

Similar words: giant

Common phrases: giant macro, friendly macro, macro character

Relating to something as a whole or on a very large scale.

• We study changes at the macro level.
• The report takes a macro view of the economy.
• Macro trends can hide important local differences.

Similar words: large-scale, overall

Opposites: micro

Common phrases: macro level, macro scale, macro perspective

To use a computer shortcut that carries out several instructions.

• Some players macro to avoid repeated key presses.
• He macroed during the game to save time.
• Do you macro when playing online?

Common phrases: macro in games, macro with something

To make a computer perform a task using a shortcut for several instructions.

• You can macro this task.
• She macroed the repeated steps into one command.
• Can we macro the whole sequence?

How to use it: macro something (You can macro those commands to save time.)

Similar words: automate

Common phrases: macro a task, macro an action, macro a sequence