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What (who) is gross - definition
Gross (surname)
FAMILY NAME
Groß
Gross or Groß in German is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross.
gross
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Gross (disambiguation); Grossness; In gross
(grosser, grossest, grosses, grossing, grossed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: The plural of the number is 'gross'.
1.
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.
ADJ: ADJ n
• grossly
Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years...
She was grossly overweight.
ADV: ADV -ed/adj
2.
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.
ADJ [disapproval]
3.
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.
ADJ [disapproval]
4.
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.
ADJ: v-link ADJ [disapproval]
5.
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.
ADJ: ADJ n
•
Gross is also an adverb.
Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted.
...a father earning ?20,000 gross a year.
ADV: ADV after v
6.
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.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
Gross means the total weight of something, including its container or wrapping.
ADJ: ADJ n
8.
If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away. (BUSINESS)
So far the films have grossed more than ?590 million.
VERB: V n
9.
A gross is a group of 144 things.
He ordered twelve gross of the disks.
NUM: usu a/num NUM
gross
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Gross (disambiguation); Grossness; In gross
I. a.
1.
Large, big, bulky, great.
2.
Dense, thick.
3.
Coarse, rough, rude, unrefined, unseemly, unbecoming.
4.
Indelicate, sensual, impure, vulgar, low, broad.
5.
Enormous, flagrant, shameful, outrageous, grievous, aggravated.
6.
Palpable, manifest, glaring.
7.
Whole, total, entire, aggregate.
II. n.
1.
Whole, total, aggregate, gross amount, sum total.
2.
Twelve dozen.
Examples of use of gross
1. Gross and Meir would frequently talk by phone and meet, including at Gross‘ home.
2. "People come in knowing the style number," marvels Cutler & Gross founder Tony Gross.
3. Things get tough when the city uses the "gross gross" method, giving itself a lot of wiggle room.
4. Gross national product (GNP) and gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.3 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively.
5. The CFTC reported that gross speculative long positions fell by 2.3m ounces as gross short positions rose by 0.66m ounces.