gross
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/ɡɹəʊs/
English
Definitions
noun
- Twelve dozen = 144.
- The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
- The bulk, the mass, the masses.
verb
- To earn money, not including expenses.“The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.”
adjective
- (of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.“a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult”
- (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.“gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight”
- Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.“gross anatomy”
- Causing disgust.“I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.”
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Synonyms
aggregateentireoveralltotalwholeappallingegregiousflagrantseriousshamefulbulkyfatgreatlargeobeseclearobviouscoarse