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gross
1[ grohs ]
adjective
- without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like ( net ):
gross earnings;
gross sales.
a gross scoundrel.
- flagrant and extreme:
gross injustice.
Synonyms: grievous, heinous, outrageous, absolute, downright
- indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar:
gross remarks.
Synonyms: broad, coarse, animal, low
Antonyms: decent
- lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.
- large, big, or bulky.
Antonyms: small, diminutive
- extremely or excessively fat.
- of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.
- Slang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting:
He wore an outfit that was absolutely gross.
gross vegetation;
gross fog;
gross vapors.
noun
- a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. : gro.
- total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions ( net ).
- Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.
verb (used with object)
- to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.:
The company grossed over three million dollars last year.
verb phrase
- Slang.
- to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior.
- to shock or horrify.
Gross
2[ grohs ]
noun
- Chaim [kh, ahym], 1904–1991, U.S. sculptor and graphic artist, born in Austria.
gross
/ ɡrəʊs /
adjective
- repellently or excessively fat or bulky
- with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; total Compare net 2
gross income
gross sales
- (of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar
- obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrant
gross inefficiency
- lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discrimination
gross judgments
- (esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant
- obsolete.coarse in texture or quality
- rare.rude; uneducated; ignorant
interjection
- an exclamation indicating disgust
noun
- gross a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen
- grosses
- the entire amount
- the great majority
verb
- to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc
gross
- Exclusive of deductions , prior to taxation , as in gross income . ( Compare net .) Total, aggregate, as in gross domestic product .
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Derived Forms
- ˈgrossness, noun
- ˈgrossly, adverb
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Other Words From
- gross·ly adverb
- gross·ness noun
- out·gross verb (used with object)
- o·ver·gross adjective
- o·ver·gross·ness noun
- un·gross adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gross1
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Example Sentences
World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
In its opening weekend the movie Heaven Is For Real (budget: $12 million) doubled its gross.
The sex workers I spoke with rightly call it “vile,” “gross,” “terrifying,” and “exploitative.”
The film was made with a reported $90 million but imploded with a $39 million domestic gross.
Insult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.
Life is represented as struggling to free herself from the gross earthly forms that cling to her.
Does a friend come and add to the gross character of such a man the unknown trait of disgusting gluttony?
All these gross absurdities show, that the real spirit has nothing whatever to do with such absurd doctrines or productions.
When the hern or bitron flies low, the air is gross, and thickening into showers.
To abandon any part of the inheritance of primitive times would be gross heresy, a fatal dereliction of Christian duty.
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