Definition/Meaning of micro

• English - Adjective: micro (comparative more micro, superlative most micro) Very small in scale or scope. At the micro level, he was a good manager. At the macro level, he failed. 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:…
• English - Noun: micro (countable and uncountable, plural micros or microes) (abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, countable) Clipping of microwave (“microwave oven”). Just put it in the micro for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat. 2013, Susan Andersen, chapter 14, in Some Like it Hot, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin HQN, →ISBN, page 177: Yes. A nutritional dinner that will taste so good it’ll knock your socks off and…
• English - Verb: micro (third-person singular simple present micros or microes, present participle microing or micro'ing, simple past and past participle microed or microd or micro'ed or micro'd) (abbreviation, ambitransitive, clipping, slang) Clipping of micromanage .
• English - Etymology: From micro- , typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
• English - Pronunciation: (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ/ (General American) IPA: /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/ Rhymes: -aɪkɹəʊ Homophone: Micro Homophone: Micro Homophone: Micro