adjective, adverb, verb, noun
adjective (grosser, grossest)
1 [onlybeforenoun] being the total amount of sth before anything is taken away:
gross weight (= including the container or wrapping) * gross income / wage (= before taxes, etc. are taken away) * Investments showed a gross profit of 26%.
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2 [onlybeforenoun] (formal or law) (of a crime, etc.) very obvious and unacceptable:
gross indecency / negligence / misconduct * a gross violation of human rights
3 (spoken) very unpleasant:
'He ate it with mustard.' 'Oh, gross!'
4 very rude:
gross behaviour / language / manners
5 very fat and ugly:
She's not just fat, she's positively gross!
grossness noun [U]
adverb in total, before anything is taken away:
She earns ｣25000 a year gross.
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verb [VN] to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it:
It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time. * The concert grossed a massive ｣2 million at the box office.
PHRASALVERBS
gross sb out (AmE, informal) to be very unpleasant and make sb feel disgusted:
His bad breath really grossed me out.
Part of speech: noun
1 (plural gross) a group of 144 things:
two gross of apples * to sell sth by the gross
2 (plural grosses) (especially AmE) a total amount of money earned by sth, especially a film/movie, before any costs are taken away
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is gross a noun, verb, or something else?
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