gross

gross

 (grōs)

adj. gross·er, gross·est

1.

a. Exclusive of deductions; total: gross profits. See Synonyms at whole.

b. Unmitigated in any way; utter: gross incompetence.

2. So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense: gross injustice. See Synonyms at flagrant.

3.

a. Brutishly coarse, as in behavior; crude: "It is futile to expect a hungry and squalid population to be anything but violent and gross" (Thomas H. Huxley).

b. Disgusting or offensive: Don't you think slugs are gross? He told a gross joke.

4. Overweight; corpulent: "Sally is fat. She is gross. She must weigh twelve stone and more" (Margaret Drabble).

5.

a. On a large scale; not fine or detailed: gross anatomical similarities; gross motor skills.

b. Broad; general: the gross necessities of life.

n.

1. pl. gross·es The entire body or amount, as of income, before necessary deductions have been made.

2. pl. gross Abbr. gr. or gro. A group of 144 items; 12 dozen.

tr.v. grossed, gross·ing, gross·es

To earn as a total income or profit before deductions: The store grossed $10,000 last month.

Phrasal Verb:

gross out Slang

To fill with disgust; nauseate: "The trick in making a family film ... is finding ways to interest grown-ups without boring, confusing, or grossing out the younger set" (David Sterritt).

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[Middle English, large, from Old French gros, from Late Latin grossus, thick. N., sense 2, Middle English grosse, from Old French grosse (douzain), large (dozen), feminine of gros.]

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gross′er n.

gross′ly adv.

gross′ness n.

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gross

(ɡrəʊs)

adj

1. repellently or excessively fat or bulky

2. (Accounting & Book-keeping) with no deductions for expenses, tax, etc; total: gross sales; gross income. Compare net²¹

3. (of personal qualities, tastes, etc) conspicuously coarse or vulgar

4. obviously or exceptionally culpable or wrong; flagrant: gross inefficiency.

5. lacking in perception, sensitivity, or discrimination: gross judgments.

6. (esp of vegetation) dense; thick; luxuriant

7. obsolete coarse in texture or quality

8. rare rude; uneducated; ignorant

interj

an exclamation indicating disgust

npl grosspl grosses

9. (Units) a unit of quantity equal to 12 dozen

10.

a. the entire amount

b. the great majority

vb (tr)

(Accounting & Book-keeping) to earn as total revenue, before deductions for expenses, tax, etc

[C14: from Old French gros large, from Late Latin grossus thick]

ˈgrossly adv

ˈgrossness n

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gross

(groʊs)

adj.

1. without or before deductions; total (opposed to net): gross earnings; gross sales.

2. flagrant and extreme; glaring: gross injustice.

3. unqualified; rank.

4. indecent, obscene, or vulgar: gross language.

5. lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.

6. extremely or excessively fat.

7. large, big, or bulky.

8. of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.

9. Slang. extremely offensive or disgusting.

10. thick; dense; heavy: gross vegetation.

n.

11. a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbr.: gro.

12. total income, profits, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net).

v.t.

13. to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.: The company grossed over three million dollars last year.

14. gross out, Slang. to disgust or offend, esp. by crude language or behavior.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Old French gros large (as n., grosse twelve dozen) < Late Latin grossus thick, coarse]

gross′ly, adv.

gross′ness, n.

syn: See flagrant.

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gross

Past participle: grossed
Gerund: grossing

Imperative

gross

gross

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gross

A counting measure equal to 144 (or 12 dozen).

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gross - twelve dozen 144 large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
	2.	gross - the entire amount of income before any deductions are made receipts, revenue box office - total admission receipts for an entertainment gate - total admission receipts at a sports event amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"
Verb	1.	gross - earn before taxes, expenses, etc. earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
Adj.	1.	gross - before any deductions; "gross income" net, nett - remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
	2.	gross - lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable" general - applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"
	3.	gross - repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" porcine fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
	4.	gross - visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) megascopic seeable, visible - capable of being seen; or open to easy view; "a visible object"; "visible stars"; "mountains visible in the distance"; "a visible change of expression"; "visible files"
	5.	gross - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" double-dyed, arrant, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, staring, everlasting, perfect, pure, consummate, stark, complete unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
	6.	gross - conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" earthy, crude, vulgar indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
	7.	gross - conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" egregious, flagrant, glaring, crying, rank conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

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gross

adjective

1. flagrant, obvious, glaring, blatant, serious, shocking, rank, plain, sheer, utter, outrageous, manifest, shameful, downright, grievous, unqualified, heinous, egregious, unmitigated, arrant The company were found guilty of gross negligence.
flagrant qualified, partial

2. vulgar, offensive, crude, rude, obscene, low, coarse, indecent, improper, unseemly, lewd, X-rated (informal), impure, smutty, ribald, indelicate That's a disgusting thing to say - you're so gross!
vulgar pure, decent, proper, delicate

3. coarse, crass, tasteless, unsophisticated, ignorant, insensitive, callous, boorish, unfeeling, unrefined, uncultured, undiscriminating, imperceptive He is a gross and boorish individual.
coarse elegant, cultivated

4. obese, fat, overweight, great, big, large, heavy, massive, dense, bulky, hulking, corpulent, lumpish I've put on so much weight I look totally gross.
fat little, small, thin, slim, delicate, petite, svelte

5. total, whole, entire, aggregate, before tax, before deductions Gross sales in June totalled 270 million.
total net

verb

1. earn, make, take, bring in, rake in (informal) So far the films have grossed nearly £290 million.

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gross

adjective

1. Including every constituent or individual:

all, complete, entire, total, whole.

2. Conspicuously bad or offensive:

arrant, capital, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank.

3. Lacking in delicacy or refinement:

barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar.

4. Offensive to accepted standards of decency:

barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar.

Slang: raunchy.

5. Having too much flesh:

corpulent, fat, fatty, fleshy, obese, overblown, overweight, porcine, portly, stout, weighty.

noun

An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back:

aggregate, all, entirety, everything, sum, total, totality, whole.

Informal: work (used in plural).

Idioms: everything but the kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole ball of wax.

verb

To make as income or profit:

bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, net, pay, produce, realize, repay, return, yield.

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Translations

إجْماليالمَبلَغ الإجماليبَدينبَذيءفَظيع، فاحِش

celková sumacelkovýcelkový součetdrsnýhrubý

grovoverfedsjofeltotalvulgær

feistGanzeGesamt-..grobungeheuerlich

κατάφωρος

brutocrasoflagrantegrandegrosero

törkeä

grossierbrutdégoutantdégoûtantextrême

grub

bruttóbruttó összeg

akfeiturgrófur, klúrgrófur; afleiturheildar-heildarupphæî

grossolanolordomadornalepinguetotale lordo

ひどい

심한

bendras kiekisbrutonepadoriainežmoniškainutukęs

bruto-masapiedauzīgsresnsrupjš

walgelijk

bruttobruttosumgrovtotal-totalsum

ordynarny

bruto

бруттовопиющийгрубый

neokusen

äcklig

หยาบคาย

aşırı şişmanbir şeyin tümüçok berbatgöze batarkaba

trắng trợn

总的总额恶劣的毛的粗俗的

gross

[grəʊs] (grosser (compar) (grossest (superl)))

A. ADJ

1. (= unacceptable) [injustice, inequality, mismanagement] → flagrante; [exaggeration, simplification] → burdo
a gross injustice has been done to him → se ha cometido una flagrante injusticia con él
gross ignorance → ignorancia f supina, crasa ignorancia f
gross incompetence → incompetencia f absoluta
gross violations of human rights → flagrantes violaciones de los derechos humanos
that is a gross understatement → eso es quedarse muy corto

2. (= revolting) [person, remark, joke] → ordinario, basto
he's totally gross → es de lo más basto
(how) gross! → ¡qué asco!

3. (= tasteless) → ordinario, de muy mal gusto
she was wearing really gross earrings → llevaba unos pendientes de lo más ordinario or de un gusto pésimo

4. (= obese) → gordísimo, cebón
after eating so much chocolate she felt really gross → después de comer tanto chocolate se sentía como una bola or foca

5. (= total) [income, profit, weight] → bruto
their gross income is £205 a week → sus ingresos brutos son de 205 libras a la semana
its gross weight is 100 grams → su peso bruto es de 100 gramos

B. ADV (= in total) [earn, pay, weigh] → en bruto
she earns £30,000 gross per annum → gana 30.000 libras al año brutas or en bruto
it weighs 12kg gross → pesa 12 kilos brutos or en bruto
how much do you earn gross? → ¿cuánto ganas bruto or en bruto?

C. VT (Comm) (gen) → obtener unos ingresos brutos de; (from savings, bonds) → obtener unos beneficios brutos de
the company grossed $100,000 last year → el año pasado la compañía obtuvo unos beneficios brutos de 100.000 dólares

D. N

1. (grosses (pl)) (= total income) → ingresos mpl brutos

2. (gross (pl)) (= twelve dozen) → doce docenas fpl
he bought them by the gross → los compró en cantidades de doce docenas

E. CPD gross domestic product N (Econ) → producto m interno bruto
gross indecency N (Jur) → ultraje m contra la moral pública
gross national product NSING (Econ) → producto m nacional bruto
gross negligence N (Jur) → culpa f grave
gross output N (Ind) → producción f bruta

gross out VT + ADV (US) → asquear, dar asco a

gross up VT + ADV (US) [+ salary etc] → recaudar en bruto

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gross

[ˈgrəʊs]

adj

(= very serious) [incompetence, inequality, violation] → grave

(= coarse) → grossier/ière

(= disgusting) → dégueulasse
It was really gross! → C'était vraiment dégueulasse!

[amount, rate, figure, weight] → brut(e) gross domestic product

n [gross] [ˈgrəʊs] (pl) (= twelve dozen) → grosse f

adv [earn] → avant impôt
to earn 500,000 pounds gross → gagner 500 000 livres avant impôt

vt (= make) to gross £500,000 → gagner 500 000 livres avant impôtgross domestic product n → produit m intérieur brutgross indecency n → outrage m à la pudeur

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gross

:

gross domestic product

n (Econ) → Bruttoinlandsprodukt nt

gross indecency

n (Jur) → grob unsittliches Verhalten

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gross

:

gross margin

n (Econ) → Bruttomarge f

gross misconduct

n (Jur) → grobes Fehlverhalten

gross national product

n (Econ) → Bruttosozialprodukt nt

gross negligence

n → grobe Fahrlässigkeit

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gross

:

gross profit

n → Gesamtgewinn m; (before deductions) → Bruttogewinn m

gross salary

n → Bruttogehalt nt

gross turnover

n → Gesamtumsatz m

gross weight

n → Bruttogewicht nt

gross yield

n → Gesamt-/Bruttoertrag m

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gross

¹

n no pl → Gros nt

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gross

²

adj (+er)

(= serious) mismanagement, exaggeration, simplification, error, insult → grob; inequality, violation → krass; injustice → schreiend; that is a gross understatement → das ist stark untertrieben

(= fat) → fett

(inf) person, remarks, jokes (= disgusting) → abstoßend; (= tasteless) → ordinär; he is the grossest thing alive → er ist total ekelhaft

(= total) → Gesamt-; (= before deductions) → Brutto-; gross amount → Gesamtbetrag m, → Gesamtsumme f; gross income → Bruttoeinkommen nt; gross output → Gesamtproduktion f; gross register(ed) ton (Naut) → Bruttoregistertonne f

adv earn, pay, weigh → brutto; she earns £30,000 gross per annum → sie verdient £ 30 000 brutto im Jahr, ihr Bruttoverdienst ist £ 30 000 im Jahr; the yield is 10% gross → der Bruttoertrag ist 10%

vt (= earn) → brutto verdienen

n the gross (= amount) → die Gesamtsumme

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gross

[grəʊs]

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl)))

a. (fat, body) → obeso/a; (vegetation) → lussureggiante; (behaviour, language, error) → grossolano/a; (impertinence) → sfacciato/a

b. (total, profit, income) → complessivo/a, totale (Comm) (weight, income) → lordo/a
£10,000 gross → 10.000 sterline lorde

2. n pl inv (twelve dozen) → grossa

3. vt (Comm) → incassare, avere un incasso lordo di

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gross

(grəus) adjective

1. very bad. gross errors/indecency. onsmaaklike, growwe فَظيع، فاحِش груб crasso hrubý grob grov πολύ κακός, ασυγχώρητοςflagrante, grande, craso jäme, jõhker فاحش؛ بسیار بد törkeä grossierחמור भद्दा grozan, strašan durva sangat buruk grófur; afleitur grossolano ひどい 아주 나쁜 grubus rupjš; uzkrītošs melampau grof, zwaar, schokkendgrov, krassrażący, fatalny زيږ، شډل، ډيرۍ، ټول واړه: بيړا: بدورګى، بدغونې پټخ crasso ordinar грубый hrubý hud krupan grov เลวร้าย çok berbat 惡劣的 грубий, очевидний بہت برا trắng trợn 恶劣的

2. vulgar. gross behaviour/language. walglike بَذيء просташки indecente hrubý, drsný, vulgární grob vulgær; sjofel χυδαίος, πρόστυχοςgrosero labane نابهنجار؛ رکیک härski grossierגס अशिष्ट vulgaran, odvratan trágár kasar grófur, klúr grossolano 粗野な 무식한 grubus, nepadorus rupjš; piedauzīgs kasar; kesat grof, vulgairsimpel, grov, ufinordynarny شډل، شاړ، بې ډبه، مبتذل: ولسي: عاميانه: ولس: ولسي، سكنى: ناروزلى، بې ډبه: بې ذوقه indecente vulgar вульгарный vulgárny prostaški vulgaran grov, plump, rå หยาบช้า kaba 粗俗的 грубий; непристойний ناشائستہ không tinh tế 粗俗的

3. too fat. a large, gross woman. walglike بَدين тлъст gordo tlustý feist overfed χοντρόςmuy gordo, obeso lihav خرس گنده lihava obèse שָׁמֵן מִדָי स्थूल, मोटा predebeo, gojazan kövér gemuk akfeitur obeso ひどく太った 너무 뚱뚱한 apkūnus, nutukęs resns; tukls terlampau gemuk dikfet, tykktłusty څوب gordo obez тучный tučný debel debeo fet, uppsvälld อ้วนเผละ aşırı şişman 過胖的 товстий, огрядний بہت موٹا to béo 臃肿的

4. total. The gross weight of a parcel is the total weight of the contents, the box, the wrapping etc. bruto gewig إجْمالي общ bruto celkový Gesamt-... samlet; total; brutto- μεικτό (βάρος), ακαθάριστο (κέρδος, εισόδημα) bruto kogu- ناخالص؛ کل kokonais- brutברוטו कुल, सकल ukupan teljes, bruttó keseluruhan heildar- totale 全体の 전부의 bendras, bruto bruto- kasar totaal, brutototal-, bruttobrutto نا خالصه،مجموع bruto global валовои; брутто hrubý celoten bruto total-, brutto- ทั้งหมด toplam 總的 сукупний مجموعی toàn bộ; tổng 总的

noun

the total amount (of several things added together). die totaal المَبلَغ الإجمالي общата сума total celkový součet, celková suma das Ganze samlet sum; bruttosum σύνολοtotalidad koguhulk جمع کل brutto totalגולמי सम्रग्र zbroj bruttó összeg total heildarupphæð totale 総体 총계 bendras kiekis masa jumlah kasar bruto verdienste brutto-/totalsum suma مجموع total total общее количество celok, celková čiastka celota bruto gross, helhet ยอดรวม bir şeyin tümü 總額 маса کل تعداد tính chung 总额

ˈgrossly adverb

grossly underpaid; He behaved grossly. walglik, onsmaaklik بِصورَة إجماليَّه грубо indecentemente hrubě ungeheuerlich groft καταφανώς, αισχράgroseramente, indecentemente jämedalt بطور فاحش törkeästi grossièrementבגסות समग्रतापूर्ण odvratno, grozno durván sangat buruk smánarlega, gróflega all'incirca ひどく 상스럽게 nežmoniškai, nepadoriai lielā mērā; rupji; nepiedienīgi terlampau grof, zwaar; op afstotelijke wijze grovt, kraftig skandalicznie په زيږ والى indecentemente ordinar; grosier грубо hrubo hudo, grobo izuzetno grovt อย่างหยาบ aşırı derecede 極度地，十分地 грубо بہت برے طریقے سے cực kỳ 极度地，十分地

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gross

→ هائِل neomluvitelný grov ungeheuerlich κατάφωρος bruto törkeä grossier grub madornale ひどい 심한 walgelijk grov ordynarny bruto вопиющий äcklig หยาบคาย göze batar trắng trợn 毛的

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gross

a. grave; grueso-a, denso-a; grotesco-a;

___ negligence → imprudencia o negligencia ___.

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