gross

gross
[[t]gro͟ʊs[/t]]
♦♦♦
grosser, grossest, grosses, grossing, grossed
(The plural of the number is gross.)
1) ADJ: ADJ n You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity.

The company were guilty of gross negligence.

...an act of gross injustice.

Derived words:
grossly ADV-GRADED ADV -ed/adj

Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years...

She was grossly overweight.

2) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone's speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very rude or unacceptable.

He abused the Admiral in the grossest terms...

I feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross.

3) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something as gross, you think it is very unpleasant. [INFORMAL]

They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross I thought Daddy was going to faint...

He wears really gross holiday outfits.

4) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ (disapproval) If you describe someone as gross, you mean that they are extremely fat and unattractive.

I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.

5) ADJ: ADJ n Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away.

...a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October.

ADV: ADV after v
Gross is also an adverb.

Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted. ...a father earning ₤20,000 gross a year.

6) ADJ: ADJ n Gross means the total amount of something, after all the relevant amounts have been added together.

National Savings gross sales in June totalled ₤709 million.

7) ADJ: ADJ n Gross means the total weight of something, including its container or wrapping.
8) VERB If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away.

[V n] I'm a factory worker who grossed ₤9,900 last year...

[V n] So far the films have grossed more than ₤590 million.

9) NUM: usu a/num NUM A gross is a group of 144 things.

In all honesty he could not have justified ordering more than twelve gross of the disks.

Phrasal Verbs:

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