gross

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English

Etymology

From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəʊs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹoʊs/
• (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɔs/
• (Scotland, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ɡɹos/
• Homophone: Gross
• Rhymes: -əʊs

Adjective

gross (comparative grosser or more gross, superlative grossest or most gross)

2. (of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

   Synonyms: serious, flagrant, shameful, appalling, egregious
4. (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

   Synonyms: whole, entire, overall, total, aggregate

   Antonym: net
6. (sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

   Synonym: macroscopic

   Antonym: microscopic
8. (informal, Canada, US, Australia) Causing disgust.

   Synonyms: disgusting, gro, grody, grotesque, grotty, nasty, revolting, yucky
10. Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.

    Synonyms: coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, impure
11. (of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.

    Synonyms: coarse, rough, unrefined

    Antonym: fine
12. (of a substance) Dense, heavy.
13. (of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.

    Synonyms: great, large, bulky, fat, obese
14. (now chiefly poetic) Difficult or impossible to see through.

    Synonyms: thick, heavy
15. (archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.

    Synonyms: dull, witless
16. (obsolete) Easy to perceive.

    Synonyms: obvious, clear

Synonyms

• (heavy in proportion to one's height): See also Thesaurus:obese

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

gross (countable and uncountable, plural gross or grosses)

2. Twelve dozen = 144.

4. The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.

   Coordinate term: net

6. The bulk; the mass.

Translations

Verb

gross (third-person singular simple present grosses, present participle grossing, simple past and past participle grossed)

1. (transitive) To earn money, not including expenses.

Derived terms

Related terms

• engross
• grocer, grocery, groceries

Anagrams

• Sgros, Sorgs

German

Adjective

gross (strong nominative masculine singular grosser, comparative grösser, superlative am grössten)

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of groß

Declension

Lombard

Etymology

From Late Latin grossus.

Adjective

gross

1. big, fat, large, thick

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Compare German groß, Dutch groot, English great.

Adjective

gross (comparative greesser, superlative greescht)

1. big, large

Derived terms

• Grossdaadi
• Grossmammi

Swedish

Etymology

From French grosse (douzaine), "large (dozen)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔs/

Noun

gross n

1. a gross, twelve dozen (144)

Declension

Related terms

• grosshandlare

See also

• dussin
• tjog

Anagrams

• sorgs