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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMacro-planning
/ˈmæk.roʊˌplæn.ɪŋ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The process of formulating broad, long-term strategies and goals that encompass an entire system, organization, or economy rather than isolated components.
"Successful national development relies heavily on effective macro-planning to allocate resources across various sectors." - 2
In linguistics and discourse analysis, the structural outlining and conceptual organization of a text or speech before detailed drafting takes place.
"During the macro-planning stage of writing the thesis, she outlined the core arguments for each chapter."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a compound formed from the combining form 'macro-' (derived from the Greek 'makros', meaning long or large) and 'planning' (from the verb 'plan', originating from the French 'plan', meaning a ground-plot or drawing). It emerged in the mid-20th century within the fields of economics, urban development, and organizational theory to describe large-scale, comprehensive strategy formulation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Macro-planning" is said worldwide
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macro-planification
Transliteration: /mak.ʁo.pla.ni.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
"La macro-planification est essentielle pour le développement économique du pays."
Makroplanung
Transliteration: /ˈmakʁoˌplaːnʊŋ/
"Die Makroplanung erfordert eine langfristige Perspektive auf alle Sektoren."
macro-pianificazione
Transliteration: /ˈmakro pjanifikaˈtsjone/
"Una corretta macro-pianificazione previene i conflitti tra le risorse."
macroplanificación
Transliteration: /mak.ɾo.pla.ni.fi.kaˈsjon/
"La macroplanificación económica abarca todo el territorio nacional."
macro-planejamento
Transliteration: /ˈmak.ɾu pla.ne.ʒaˈmẽ.tu/
"O macro-planejamento urbano deve considerar o crescimento populacional."
व्यापक नियोजन
Transliteration: vyāpak niyojan
"देश के विकास के लिए व्यापक नियोजन बहुत आवश्यक है।"
宏观规划
Transliteration: hóngguān guīhuà
"政府正在制定长期的经济宏观规划。"
거시 계획
Transliteration: geosi gyehoek
"효과적인 거시 계획은 국가 발전에 필수적이다."
マクロ計画
Transliteration: makuro keikaku
"都市開発には包括的なマクロ計画が必要です。"
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