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Adverb
Analysts predict that rates will rise by almost 40 percent.
Goats will eat almost anything.
Adjective
burdened with impossibly high expectations, the movie came to be regarded as an almost failure
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WordReference English-Russian Dictionary © 2023:
| Главные переводы | ||
| английский | русский | |
| almost adv | (nearly) | почти, практически нар |
| He was almost home when the car broke down. | ||
| Он был уже почти дома, когда машина сломалась. |
Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:
almost [ˈɔːlməust]
adv почти́; (all but) чуть or едва́ не
he almost fell он чуть не упа́л
* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.
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Русский:
Almost means «nearly,» «roughly,» or «not quite.» If you’re almost as tall as your brother, it means he’s still just a bit taller than you are.
If you almost got a great job, you came close but weren’t ultimately successful, and if you’re almost qualified to get your pilot’s license, nobody’s going to let you fly a plane quite yet. The adverb almost is perfect for describing things you come close to doing, or states you haven’t yet reached. It has an Old English root, eallmæst, «nearly all,» or literally, «mostly all.»
Definitions of almost
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adverb
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
“the baby was
almost asleep when the alarm sounded”“we’re
almost finished”-
synonyms:
about, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
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adverb
very nearly; all but: almost every house; almost the entire symphony; to pay almost nothing for a car; almost twice as many books.
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Origin of almost
First recorded before 1000; Middle English almost, almast, almest, Old English eall(e) mǣst “nearly all”
synonym study for almost
Almost, most, nearly, well-nigh all mean within a small degree of or short space of. Almost implies very little short of: almost exhausted; almost home. Most is colloquial for almost. Nearly implies a slightly greater distance or degree than almost : nearly well; nearly to the city. Well-nigh, a more literary word, implies a barely appreciable distance or extent: well-nigh forgotten; well-nigh home.
usage note for almost
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH almost
almost , most
Words nearby almost
almond-shaped, almoner, almonry, Almoravid, Almoravide, almost, almost everywhere, almost periodic function, almous, alms, almsgiver
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Words related to almost
about, approximately, around, essentially, most, much, practically, relatively, roughly, virtually, nigh, well-nigh, about to, all but, as good as, close upon, in effect, in the neighborhood of, just about, on the point of
How to use almost in a sentence
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Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
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Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.
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Editorial and political cartoon pages from throughout the world almost unanimously came to the same conclusion.
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To make it work almost everything else about these shows has to seem factual which is why many look like a weird Celebrity Sims.
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This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
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She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.
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A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
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Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
British Dictionary definitions for almost
adverb
little short of being; very nearly
Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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