マクロmakuro

1. na-adjective, nounmacro
2. noun, computingmacro (instruction)

• Related総合的そうごうてきNeutralNeutral. Focuses on combining different elements or aspects, as in 「総合的に判断」; マクロ is about scale of view, not synthesis.
• Related全面的ぜんめんてきNeutralNeutral. Stresses leaving nothing out, as in 「全面的に協力」; マクロ is about the big-picture level, not completeness.
• Related幅広いはばひろいNeutralNeutral. An adjective for a wide range, as in 「幅広い年齢層」; マクロ concerns the macro level, not breadth of scope.
• Related包括的ほうかつてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means all-encompassing, taking in everything; マクロ stresses the macro viewpoint and also names computer macros.
• Related総括的そうかつてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Suggests summing things up as a whole; unlike マクロ it carries no sense of a macro-level viewpoint.
• Related全般的ぜんぱんてきNeutralNeutral. Refers to the overall state of things, as in 「全般的に良好」; マクロ denotes the macro level or a macro instruction.
• AntonymミクロNeutralNeutral loanword for micro — a fine-grained, close-up viewpoint; the direct opposite of マクロ.

Use 「マクロ」 for macro viewpoints, macroeconomics or computer macros, as in 「マクロ経済」「マクロで見る」. For comprehensive coverage say 「全面的」, for integrated judgement 「総合的」. The opposite is 「ミクロ」.

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1. きわめて大おおきいこと。
2. 大局たいきょく的てきな視点してんや俯瞰的ふかんてきな視点してんによること。そのような観点かんてんから分類ぶんるいされるもの。
3. （パソコン）あらかじめ複雑ふくざつな操作そうさ手順てじゅんを登録とうろくし、必要ひつようなときには複雑ふくざつな手順てじゅんを自動的じどうてきに実行じっこうさせる機能きのう。
4. 写真しゃしん撮影さつえい技術ぎじゅつのひとつ、接写せっしゃのこと。