gross

CEFRC1

/ɡɹəʊs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Very unpleasant, offensive, or disgusting.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Total amount before costs or deductions.

Examples

  • The company reported a significant increase in its gross revenue.

  • The gross national product of our country is the second largest.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɡɹos/
  • /ɡɹoʊs/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

  2. Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

  3. Highly or conspicuously offensive.

More examples

In context

  • You must be more careful to avoid making a gross mistake.

  • a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult

  • gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight

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Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

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”).