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gross English

Meaning gross meaning

What does gross mean?
Definitions in simple English

gross Adjective

— The gross amount is the total before you take away losses or expenses. Her gross pay was $500, but then they took out $60 for tax. — A gross violation or abuse is very bad and clearly wrong. Leaving the bank unlocked was an act of gross carelessness. — If something is gross is very unpleasant. There was a gross smell coming from the broken pipe.

gross

— adjective before any deductions gross income — adjective lacking fine distinctions or detail the gross details of the structure appear reasonable — adjective (= porcine) repellently fat a bald porcine old man — verb earn before taxes, expenses, etc — noun twelve dozen — noun the entire amount of income before any deductions are made — adjective (= megascopic) visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) — adjective (= crude, earthy, vulgar) 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 — adjective (= crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank) 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 — adjective (= arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated) 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

Synonyms gross synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as gross?

gross English » English

total coarse whole vulgar crude big aggregate rough porcine disgusting complete overall foul fat egregious crass utter unrefined thick sum total sum sordid sleazy rude rank obscene nasty megascopic lowlife low lousy large glaring general flagrant entire earthy crying all abhorrent wholesale vile uncooked unadulterated totality thoroughgoing stark staring sodding serious

Topics gross topics

What do people use gross to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Disgusted
Work and occupation Finance Accumulate wealth

Earn
States Quantity Number

Numbered group
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States

Big
States Big Thick

Fat person
Work and occupation Business organization

Economics
States Big

Weigh

Conjugation gross conjugation

How do you conjugate gross?

gross · verb

Examples gross examples

How do I use gross in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Gross national product is a nation's total output of goods and services as measured in monetary value.
He is gross, man!
A gross is a dozen, dozens.
You're gross.
If it doesn't gross you out, you can use my spoon.
That is gross!
That's gross!
The gross national product of our country is the second largest.
It is gross to kick autistic children.
That's gross.
It's a gross distortion of the truth.
That's kind of gross.
Rat whiskers are gross.
Tom's gross income last year was over thirty thousand dollars.
That's a gross mistake.
Don't be gross.

Movie subtitles

Ugh, that's gross.
Do all mayoral candidates have to be gross opportunists?
That was a gross understatement.
I never saw a more gross neglected duty in my life.
Now, for a singer to deliberately absent herself from the stage during a performance is a gross breach of. Oh.
Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely.
Gross-Rosen, Mauthausen.
This court finds Major Alexander Kearny, 5th Cavalry, United States Army guilty of gross neglect of duty by reason of cowardice in the face of the enemy.
Gross libel!
What were the gross receipts for last month?
My lord of Gloucester, I have too long borne. your blunt upbraidings and your bitter scoffs. By heaven, I will acquaint His Majesty. with those gross taunts I often have endured.
Our expenses, however, increased with gross income.
A new baby, 200 gross of buckles, unlimited petrol, and all the whiskey you want.
As I mentioned before, Miss Gross. whenever possible, give the names.
You guys are both gross.
If not, I shall have you recalled to England for gross insubordination.
Loads of it. We swam half way to England and back. A gross exaggeration, Henderson.
Yet, it is undoubtedly a gross miscarriage of justice.
Is there any man who suffers as I do from the gross inadequacies of the human race?
Now, for a singer to deliberately absent herself from the stage during a performance is a gross breach of.
Come along to the inspector. - Gross impertinence.
Gross impertinence!
Whatever he's told you, it's a lie. It's a gross lie.
Ugh. Gross.
I'll guarantee you boys a straight 15 percent of the gross.
It accounts for 34 percent of our gross intake and a higher proportion of our profits.
Ta, Sam. Say we get half a dollar a pair, what's a gross of half dollars?
The joke's on them, the safe was empty, and all they collected was a gross of kids' roller skates.
Morry, would you be interested in a gross of roller skates?
We've got a gross of those.
By heaven, I will acquaint His Majesty. with those gross taunts I often have endured. What?
Then we have gross profits, etc.
Send me a gross of them and I'll see how he sells.
Immelman, Gross, Farber, and McGuire.

News and current affairs

Haldane bases his analysis on the trend in the Gross Value Added (GVA) of the financial sector.
That gross imbalance in representation is a shameful betrayal of Ukraine's sovereignty.
Can We Increase Gross National Happiness?
Bhutan has a Gross National Happiness Commission, chaired by the prime minister, which screens all new policy proposals put forward by government ministries.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen makes a convincing case that development should be defined in terms of freedom, not in terms of gross national product.
A year ago, at the Summit of the Americas, 34 western hemisphere heads of state agreed to promote the creation of government-issued growth-linked bonds whose payout is tied to gross domestic product (GDP).
It is the same now with the Lebanon war and the gross misperceptions that have followed.
At that level of production, Iraq would be a middle-income country, with a gross national product per person of several thousand dollars per year, including non-oil production.
Governments, he says, should aim to maximize their people's Gross National Happiness rather than their Gross National Product.
Only when the difference between gross and after-tax income becomes painfully obvious will tax payers revolt against the taxes they bear.
In search of a more balanced society that combines economic prosperity, social cohesion, and environmental sustainability, Bhutan famously pursues Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product.
One in five listed corporations carries gross leverage of more than eight times equity and earns less than two times interest coverage, weakening considerably these companies' resilience to growth shocks.
Let us start with some simple aeronautic dynamics, using an analogy that my PIMCO colleague, Bill Gross, came up with to describe the economic risks facing the American economy.
China's attempt at capitalism with an iron fist has created a system of gross corruption, with huge disparities in wealth.
While there is a kernel of truth in both narratives, each is a gross exaggeration, as is the notion that America's capacity to shape a secure and prosperous international system is in decline.
We may agree that our goal ought to be promoting happiness, rather than income or gross domestic product, but, if we have no objective measure of happiness, does this make sense?
If a policy is found to be contrary to the goal of promoting gross national happiness, it is sent back to the ministry for reconsideration.
India, long known for gross disparities between rich and poor, has a Gini coefficient that has hovered around 0.30 to 0.32 over the past five decades.
Not surprisingly, Hong Kong's oligopoly of property tycoons opposed changing the peg despite the currency's gross overvalue at the time.
However, taxable income in the sector is still growing at a slower rate than gross income as measured by national accounts.
For starters, when it comes to public debt, there is a big difference between the gross and net figures.
But even though net international capital flows are going the wrong way, there are still substantial gross capital flows outward from the world economy's core to its periphery.

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