The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MACRO
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What does MACRO mean?
MACRO adjective- Very large in scope or scale.
- Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.
- Long-lived.
- The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.
- Any of the elements required in large amounts by all living things.
- A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
- Macro lens