GROSS - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce gross?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of gross by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of gross through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of gross is /grˈoʊs/.

Definition of gross according to Wiktionary:
gross can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a name

As an adjective gross can mean:
1. Highly or conspicuously offensive.
2. Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
3. Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
4. Causing disgust.
5. Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
6. Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
7. Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
8. Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
9. Difficult or impossible to see through.
10. Easy to perceive.

As a noun gross can mean:
1. Twelve dozen = 144.
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.

As a verb gross can mean:
To earn money, not including expenses.
As a name gross can mean:
1. Surname, originally a nickname for a big man, from.
2. , having a population of two as of 2010.

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