{
    "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."
}