gross
♦ gross /gr'oʊs/ (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.
● grossly [ADV] ADV -ed/adj
Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years...
She was grossly overweight.
2 [ADJ]
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]
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] v-link ADJ
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] V n
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.
9 [NUM] usu a/num NUM
A gross is a group of 144 things.
He ordered twelve gross of the disks.gross do|mes|tic prod|uct (gross domestic products)
[N-VAR]
A country's gross domestic product is the total value of all the goods it has produced and the services it has provided in a particular year, not including its income from investments in other countries. (BUSINESS)
= GDPgross na|tion|al prod|uct (gross national products)
[N-VAR]
A country's gross national product is the total value of all the goods it has produced and the services it has provided in a particular year, including its income from investments in other countries. (BUSINESS)
= GNP
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.
● grossly [ADV] ADV -ed/adj
Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years...
She was grossly overweight.
2 [ADJ]
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]
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] v-link ADJ
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] V n
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.
9 [NUM] usu a/num NUM
A gross is a group of 144 things.
He ordered twelve gross of the disks.gross do|mes|tic prod|uct (gross domestic products)
[N-VAR]
A country's gross domestic product is the total value of all the goods it has produced and the services it has provided in a particular year, not including its income from investments in other countries. (BUSINESS)
= GDPgross na|tion|al prod|uct (gross national products)
[N-VAR]
A country's gross national product is the total value of all the goods it has produced and the services it has provided in a particular year, including its income from investments in other countries. (BUSINESS)
= GNP