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{
"term": "gross",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "being the total amount of something before anything is taken away",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**gross weight** *(= including the container or wrapping)*"
},
{
"text": "**gross income/wage** *(= before taxes, etc. are taken away)*"
},
{
"text": "Investments showed a **gross profit** of 26 per cent."
},
{
"text": "The family have three children and a gross income of £50 000."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very obvious and unacceptable",
"labels": "(formal or law)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**gross negligence/misconduct**"
},
{
"text": "a **gross violation** of human rights"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "very unpleasant",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘He ate it with mustard.’ ‘Oh, gross!’"
}
],
"synonyms": "disgusting"
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "very rude",
"examples": [
{
"text": "gross behaviour"
}
],
"synonyms": "crude"
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to describe somebody/something that you think is very fat and ugly",
"labels": "(offensive)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrəʊs/",
"audio": "gr/gross/gross__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡrəʊs/",
"audio": "gr/gross/gross__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large’, from late Latin grossus."
}