micro
Very small in scale or scope.
Adjective
- Very small in scale or scope.
- At the micro level, he was a good manager. At the macro level, he failed.
- Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling. - 2025 May 26, Joshua Nelken-Zitser, “I 'micro-retired' in my 30s by investing every...
Antonyms: macro
Origin
From micro-, typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Forms
Derived
micro bangs micro org micro trenching semimicro supermicro Warburg micro syndrome
Noun
- Clipping of microwave (“microwave oven”).
- Just put it in the micro for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.
- Yes. A nutritional dinner that will taste so good it’ll knock your socks off and maybe change your world—or at least your way of eating. I’d have to cook it at your place, though—all I have in my cottage is a hot plate,...
- Clipping of microeconomics.
Coordinate Terms: macro
- Clipping of microcomputer.
- If you can possibly afford to spend a few more pounds then you should move up into the next price bracket, where the potential of the home micro starts to be realised. - 1984, Mike Gerrard, Bryan Skinner, Mr Chips comes...
- So what sort of hero is this bounding, bomb collecting midget? The answer is an arcade hero - and now he's let loose in your micro courtesy of conversion kings, Elite. - 1986-05, Rachael Smith, “Bomb Jack”, in Your...
- Clipping of micromanagement.
Coordinate Terms: macro
- Clipping of microphile.
Coordinate Terms: macro
- Clipping of microphilia.
Coordinate Terms: macro
- In the context of microphilia, one who is abnormally very small.
Synonyms: tiny
Forms
Derived
Verb
- Clipping of micromanage.
Coordinate Terms: macro
Forms
micros microes microing micro'ing microed microd micro'ed micro'd