almost

[awl-mohst, awl-mohst] / ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊst /

ADVERB

nearly, very nearly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

about approximately around essentially most much practically relatively roughly virtually

STRONG

nigh well-nigh

WEAK

about to all but as good as bordering on close to close upon for all practical purposes for the greatest part in effect in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about near to not far from not quite on the brink of on the edge of on the point of on the verge of pretty near substantially within sight of

Example Sentences

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I will get images for scenes before I know what the actual scene is, and it’ll be almost more of like a symbolic image, or it’ll be a fable that I’ve heard before.

From Los Angeles Times

Pushing 50, I’m almost closer to Maude’s age than I am to Harold’s and while I’m still fascinated with death, it’s taken an optimistic turn, in no small credit to the examples their characters set.

From Salon

Those freeze almost immediately and are only removed by the furious sweeping of the players' brushes.

From BBC

You are, almost to a fault, the caretaker of your loved ones.

From MarketWatch

In recent months, Western nations have stepped up efforts to disrupt the shadow fleet—a sprawling network of aging tankers consisting of almost 1,300 vessels, according to the ship-monitoring website TankerTrackers.com.

From The Wall Street Journal

almost

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