gross

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 See also 2 Swedish 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From the Old French gros, from the Latin grossus (“‘thick (of diameter, depth, etc.), in Medieval Latin great, big’”), a different word from Latin crassus (“‘solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc.’”), of which it has been supposed to be a corruption.

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• Rhymes: -əʊs

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

1. Disgusting.
2. Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.

   But man to know God is a difficulty, except by a mean he himself inure, which is to know God’s creatures that be: at first them that be of the grossest nature, and then [...] them that be more pure. — 1874: Dodsley et al., A Select Collection of Old English Plays

3. Great, large, palpable, bulky, or fat.
4. Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful

   a gross mistake

   gross injustice

   gross negligence

5. the whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.

   gross domestic product

6. Dull.

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• Wikisaurus has an article on “fat” in the sense of “obese”.

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• fine
• (total before any deductions): net

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gross (plural gross or grosses)

1. A unit of amount = twelve dozen = 144 pcs.
2. The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
3. The bulk, the mass, the masses.

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[edit] Verb

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

1. To earn money, not including expenses.

   The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.

[edit] See also

• engross
• gross receipts
• gross weight
• gross income

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[edit] Noun

gross n.

1. A gross, twelve dozen (144).