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almost
- /ˈɔːl.məʊst/ UK
- /ɔːlˈməʊst/ UK
- /ˈɔː(l)məs/
- /ˈɔl.moʊst/ US
- /ˈɑl.moʊst/ US
- /ˈoʊ.moʊst/ US
- [ˈɒɫmoʊst] Canada
- /ˈoːlməʉst/ Australia
- [ˈoːɫməʉst] Australia
- [ˈoːwməʉst] Australia
- /əʉməʉst/ Australia
Rhymes with -əʊst
Where it comes from
From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
adverb aulmos
-
Very close to, but not quite.
Almost all people went there.
Similar: environ, nearly, nigh, well-nigh, near, close to, next to, practically, virtually, not yet, not
- Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined). almost all
- Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0. almost everywhere
Similar: all but, almost, as good as, as near as makes no difference, fornigh, just about, more or less, near as damn it, nigh on, nighwhat, not quite, pretty much, tantamount to · Opposite: mostly, somewhat, slightly, very
noun almosts · aulmos
- Something or someone that doesn't quite make it. In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: well-nigh, nearly, virtually, just about, all but, near, nigh, about, most, nearby, approximately, some, closely, vicinity, often, soon
adverb
Similar: all but, almost, as good as, as near as makes no difference, fornigh, just about, more or less, near as damn it, nigh on, nighwhat, not quite, pretty much, tantamount to · Opposite: mostly, somewhat, slightly, very
Translations
Every language
adv (mathematics)
| Deutsch | fast |
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adv very close to
| Español | casi, por poco |
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| 한국어 | 거의 geoui, 뻔하다 ppeonhada |
| 日本語 | ほとんど hotondo, ほぼ hobo, 大方 ōkata |
| 中文 | 幾乎 /几乎 jīhū, 差點 /差点 chàdiǎn, 差一點 /差一点 chāyīdiǎn, 差不多 chàbuduō |
| हिन्दी | लगभग lagbhag, तक़रीबन taqrīban, प्राय prāy, प्रायः prāyaḥ |
| Português | quase |
| Français | presque, quasiment |
| Deutsch | fast, beinahe, so gut wie |
| Italiano | quasi |
| Ελληνικά | σχεδόν schedón, παραλίγο paralígo |
| Română | aproape, era să |
| Русский | почти́ počtí, почти́ что počtí što |
| Tiếng Việt | gần, gần như, hầu như |
| العربية | تَقْرِيبًا taqrīban, عَلَى وَشْك ʕalā wašk, كَادَ kāda |
| עברית | כִּמְעַט kim'át |
adv (measure theory, probability theory)
| Deutsch | fast |
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title = {almost},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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