gross (grosser comparative) (grossest superlative) (grosses 3rd person present) (grossing present participle) (grossed past tense & past participle )
The plural of the number is gross.
1 adj You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity.
ADJ n
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., (disapproval)
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, disapproval 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 If you describe someone as gross, you mean that they are extremely fat and unattractive.
v-link ADJ (disapproval)
I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.
5 adj Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away.
ADJ n
...a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October.
Gross is also an adverb., adv ADV after v
Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted., ...a father earning £20,000 gross a year.
6 adj Gross means the total amount of something, after all the relevant amounts have been added together.
ADJ n
National Savings gross sales in June totalled £709 million.
7 adj Gross means the total weight of something, including its container or wrapping.
ADJ n
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. (BUSINESS)
So far the films have grossed more than £590 million. V n
9 num A gross is a group of 144 things. usu a/num NUM He ordered twelve gross of the disks.
gross domestic product (gross domestic products plural )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) n-var
(=GDP)
gross national product (gross national products plural )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) n-var
(=GNP)
