almost
∞
1.0
- adverb
- /ˈɔlˌmoʊst/
:
casi
- She was almost ready to leave when she realized she forgot her keys.
- almost always
- almost never
- almost certainly
Guys, I would say almost a year in planning.
- Guys, I would say almost a year in planning.
- Man, we go there almost daily and take Maggie.
- It's, it's almost science fiction, but it's real.
- He's been locked up five, almost six years.
- So log is almost just as good as constant, right?
- What we are doing is we are almost being the cloud.
Examples
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My fellow Americans, I know times are tough and almost certainly about to get tougher.
Academic text (2011) -
Now their home is almost back to the way it was.
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The stuff we have here is almost as good as it gets.
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All right, so almost all of you came down.
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And pretty soon, everybody... seemed like they were almost excited to move on and forget about her.
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All right guys, I'm almost home now, so thank you for your comments and your company.
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Due to the structure of the city charter, the mayor has almost complete control of the streets.
Academic text (2011) -
Twenty students in a high school math class are almost always better than fifty.
Academic text (2011) -
I've been living here for almost three years.
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In fact, history shows that judges are almost never removed via retention votes.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
3.0
Almost completely but not quite
915
2.7
Almost right, but not exactly
634
2.5
Almost but not completely
578
3.6
Almost complete but not fully finished
301
2.1
About a number or idea, not exact but close enough
111
1.0
Almost happening or becoming true
23
9.9
Very near in time, place, or degree
1
8.4
Almost but not completely
Antonyms
How Near
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Almost comes from putting together all and most, and at first it meant 'almost all'. So a helpful way to remember it is that almost means 'very nearly' or 'not quite'.