adj
Meaning 1
Relating to macroeconomics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: microeconomic
Standard Lemma guide
macroeconomic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌmækɹəʊˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/
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US: /ˌmækɹoʊˌɛkəˈnɑːmɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: M AE2 K R OW0 EH0 K AH0 N AA1 M IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M AE2 K R OW0 IY0 K AH0 N AA1 M IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Relating to the entire economy, including the growth rate, money and credit, exchange rates, the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: microeconomic
Broader terms: macrolevel
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to macroeconomics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh2ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh2ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía)bor. Latin oeconomia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin oeconomicusder. Old French iconomikeder. Middle English iconomiquebor. Middle English economike, iconomique English economic English macroeconomic From macro- + economic.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մակրոտնտեսական (makrotntesakan) — relating to macroeconomics
- Asturian: macroeconómicu — relating to macroeconomics
- Catalan: macroeconòmic — relating to macroeconomics
- Danish: makroøkonomisk — relating to macroeconomics
- Dutch: macro-economisch — relating to macroeconomics
- Estonian: makroökonoomiline — relating to macroeconomics
- Finnish: makrotaloustieteellinen — relating to macroeconomics
- French: macroéconomique — relating to macroeconomics
- Galician: macroeconómico — relating to macroeconomics
- Georgian: მაკროეკონომიკური (maḳroeḳonomiḳuri) — relating to macroeconomics
- German: makroökonomisch — relating to macroeconomics
- Greek: μακροοικονομικός (makrooikonomikós) — relating to macroeconomics
- Italian: macroeconomico — relating to macroeconomics
- Polish: makroekonomiczny — relating to macroeconomics
- Portuguese: macroeconómico — relating to macroeconomics
- Portuguese: macroeconômico — relating to macroeconomics
- Spanish: macroeconómico — relating to macroeconomics
- Swedish: makroekonomisk — relating to macroeconomics
- Ukrainian: макроекономі́чний (makroekonomíčnyj) — relating to macroeconomics
- Danish: makroøkonomisk — relating to the entire economy
- Estonian: makromajanduslik — relating to the entire economy
- Finnish: makrotaloudellinen — relating to the entire economy
- Swedish: makroekonomisk — relating to the entire economy
Real reading context