gross
verb/ɡrəʊs/
/ɡrəʊs/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they gross | /ɡrəʊs/ /ɡrəʊs/ |
| he / she / it grosses | /ˈɡrəʊsɪz/ /ˈɡrəʊsɪz/ |
| past simple grossed | /ɡrəʊst/ /ɡrəʊst/ |
| past participle grossed | /ɡrəʊst/ /ɡrəʊst/ |
| -ing form grossing | /ˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/ /ˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/ |
- gross something to earn a particular amount of money before tax has been taken off it
- It is one of the biggest grossing movies of all time.
- The concert grossed a massive £2 million at the box office.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘thick, massive, bulky’): from Old French gros, grosse ‘large’, from late Latin grossus.Want to learn more?
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