almost

CEFRA1

/ˈɔːl.məʊst/

adverb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    Nearly, but not completely or quite.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).

Examples

  • It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.

  • Seriously though, episode 21 made me almost cry while laughing.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɒɫmoʊst]
  • [ˈoːɫməʉst]

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. Very close to, but not quite.

  2. Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

More examples

In context

  • I like almost all of them.

  • Almost all people went there.

  • Nobody, or almost, noticed anything unusual.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

adverb

From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.