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How to pronounce “gross

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Pronunciation guide for gross

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of gross with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Why you should love gross sciencewho has always been fascinated by gross stuff.
Definition summary
(of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

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How to pronounce gross

Why you should love gross science

who has always been fascinated by gross stuff.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “gross

Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
  • (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
  • (sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
  • (informal, Canada, US, Australia) Causing disgust.
  • Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
  • (of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
  • (of a substance) Dense, heavy.
  • (of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
  • (now chiefly poetic) Difficult or impossible to see through.
  • (archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
  • (obsolete) Easy to perceive.
  • [Noun]
  • Twelve dozen = 144.
  • The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
  • The bulk; the mass.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To earn money, not including expenses.

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