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macromanage

macromanage verb: to manage using macro-management.

Verb

macromanage (third-person singular simple present macromanages, present participle macromanaging, simple past and past participle macromanaged)

  1. (transitive) To manage using macro-management.
    • Let’s macromanage them with one rule of seven words: “Bonuses can be paid only from profits.”2009 February 5, “Wall St. and the $500,000 Question”, in New York Times

Forms of macromanage

third-person singular presentmacromanages
present participlemacromanaging
past participlemacromanaged
pastmacromanaged

Origin of macromanage

From macro- + manage.

Questions about macromanage

What does macromanage mean?
Macromanage means to manage using macro-management.
What part of speech is macromanage?
Macromanage is a verb.
What is the past tense of macromanage?
The past tense of macromanage is macromanaged.

Words near macromanage in the dictionary

  1. macromagnitude
  2. macromagnitudes
  3. macromammal
  4. macromammalian
  5. macromammals
  6. macromanage
  7. macromanaged
  8. macromanagement
  9. macromanages
  10. macromanaging
  11. macromania

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