gross
remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; of behaviour Highly or conspicuously offensive.
Example
“a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult”
Other meanings
Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
“gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight”
Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
“gross anatomy”
Related words
- disgrossting
- grossen
- grossify
- grossish
- grossly
- grossology
- ungross
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "grossus" (big, fat, thick).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “gross” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.