micro

comparative more micro · superlative most micro

1. Very small in scale or scope.

   At the micro level, he was a good manager. At the macro level, he failed.

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   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 dollar from my side income. It sounds almost too simple to be true, but it works.”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2025

   Antonyms: macro

plural micros · plural microes

1. abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableClipping of microwave (“microwave oven”).

   Just put it in the micro for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.

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   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, fridgie and a micro. But I’d provide everything.

   2013, Susan Andersen, chapter 14, in Some Like it Hot, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin HQN, →ISBN, page 177

2. abbreviationclippingcolloquialuncountableeconomicsClipping of microeconomics.
3. abbreviationclippingcountabledatedcomputingClipping 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 home: micros and home education, page 23

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   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 Sinclair, number 5 (video game review)

4. abbreviationclippingslanguncountablegamesClipping of micromanagement.
5. abbreviationclippingcolloquialcountableClipping of microphile.
6. abbreviationclippingcolloquialuncountableClipping of microphilia.
7. alsoattributivecolloquialcountableIn the context of microphilia, one who is abnormally very small.

   Synonyms: tiny

present singular third person micros · present singular third person microes · participle present microing · participle present micro'ing · participle past microed · past microed · participle past microd · past microd · participle past micro'ed · past micro'ed · participle past micro'd · past micro'd

1. abbreviationambitransitiveclippingslanggamesClipping of micromanage.

1. A town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States.