What does almost mean?
Definitions for almost
ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊstal·most
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word almost.
Princeton's WordNet
about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nighadverb
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
"the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
Wiktionary
almostnoun
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.
almostadverb
Very close
almostadverb
Not quite
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Almostadverb
Etymology: from all and most; that is, most part of all. Skinner.
Who is there almost, whose mind, at some time or other, love or anger, fear or grief, has not so fastened to some clog, that it could not turn itself to any other object. John Locke.
There can be no such thing or notion, as an almost infinite; there can be nothing next or second to an omnipotent God. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
Atlas becomes unequal to his freight,
And almost faints beneath the glowing weight. Joseph Addison, Ovid.
Wikipedia
Almost
Almost is a song by the American rock band Bowling for Soup. It was released on 4 January 2005 as the second single of the group's 2004 album A Hangover You Don't Deserve. It tells the story of a young adult who goes through many "almost" experiences during his life, from almost making out with the homecoming queen to almost getting addicted to drugs. He shows remorse for not "making his move" earlier, and he "almost" wishes she loved him too.
ChatGPT
almost
Almost is an adverb or adjective that is used to describe something or someone that is very close to or nearly achieving a certain state, condition, or characteristic, but falls just short of it. It denotes a situation where there is a small difference or margin remaining before reaching a complete or full state.
Webster Dictionary
Almostadverb
nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part
Etymology: [AS. ealmst, lmst, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + mst most.]
Wikidata
Almost
In set theory, when dealing with sets of infinite size, the term almost or nearly is used to mean all the elements except for finitely many. In other words, an infinite set S that is a subset of another infinite set L, is almost L if the subtracted set L\S is of finite size. Examples: ⁕The set is almost N for any k in N, because only finitely many natural numbers are less than k. ⁕The set of prime numbers is not almost N because there are infinitely many natural numbers that are not prime numbers. This is conceptually similar to the almost everywhere concept of measure theory, but is not the same. For example, the Cantor set is uncountably infinite, but has Lebesgue measure zero. So a real number in is a member of the complement of the Cantor set almost everywhere, but it is not true that the complement of the Cantor set is almost the real numbers in.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Almost
awl′mōst, adv. nearly, all but, very nearly. [All and Most.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'almost' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #259
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'almost' in Written Corpus Frequency: #694
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'almost' in Adverbs Frequency: #45
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of almost in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of almost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of almost in a Sentence
It has been almost a decade since the Detroit kits were found and this treatise made my blood boil. I am more outraged, infuriated, and incensed than I was then, the next person that knowingly destroys a sexual assault kit needs to go to jail. I do not know how anyone that claims to be human can continue to ignore this issue in this country after reading this truth.
They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck — whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards.
The first thing is to look at disruptive technology as a growth opportunity and not as a threat, in almost every case, a disruptive technology enables a larger population of less skilled people to do things that historically only an expert could do.
They had keto delivered to their house. They had a health educator help them, yet boom ! Most people quit following the keto diet almost immediately( when that portion of the study ended), while many of those on The Mediterranean diet were still eating that way when the study was over.
John Hudson, who added that hed traveled to the country to snap pictures of birds using John Hudson DSLR Canon 5D Mark IV, said John Hudson got very lucky and was amazed at what hed been able to photograph. The extraordinary snaps are almost never seen with the naked eye because bats feed at night and are notoriously difficult to spot. ( Credit : SWNS) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Ive been a keen photographer since I was 14 and I have a particular interest in things like hummingbirds.
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- quasiAragonese
- تقريبًا, شَبَهArabic
- az qaldı, az qalaAzerbaijani
- ама́льBelarusian
- почти́Bulgarian
- প্রায়Bengali
- hogos, hogozikBreton
- gairebé, quasiCatalan, Valencian
- téměř, skoroCzech
- næstenDanish
- so gut wie, beinahe, fastGerman
- σχεδόνGreek
- preskaŭEsperanto
- casiSpanish
- peaaeguEstonian
- تقریباًPersian
- lähes, liki, miltei, melkeinFinnish
- næstanFaroese
- presqueFrench
- hastWestern Frisian
- beagnachIrish
- caseGalician
- כִּמְעַטHebrew
- लगभगHindi
- majdnemHungarian
- համարյա, գրեթեArmenian
- hampir, nyarisIndonesian
- preskeIdo
- quasiItalian
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- ほとんどJapanese
- თითქმისGeorgian
- дерлікKazakh
- ជិត, ស្ទើរតែKhmer
- 거의Korean
- hema-hema, teqrîben, nêzîkîKurdish
- fere, paene, propeLatin
- ເກືອບLao
- beveikLithuanian
- gandrīzLatvian
- pitoiti, tata, kainamu, pitopitoitiMāori
- скоро, речисиMacedonian
- шахам, мөлтөс, барагMongolian
- kważiMaltese
- လုနီးပါးBurmese
- nagenoeg, vrijwel, zo goed als, bijnaDutch
- nestenNorwegian
- kʼadę́ę, kʼasdą́ą́ʼNavajo, Navaho
- quasi, quasiment, quasiben, gairebenOccitan
- prawiePolish
- quasePortuguese
- aproapeRomanian
- почти́Russian
- скоро, skoroSerbo-Croatian
- skoro, takmerSlovak
- skôrajSlovene
- nästanSwedish
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- దాదాపు, దరిదాపుTelugu
- เกือบ, เกือบจะThai
- neredeyseTurkish
- сливе́, ма́йжеUkrainian
- gần như, gầnVietnamese
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