almost
Syllables: al·most/ˈɔː(l)məs/UK/ˈɔːl.məʊst/
almost adverb: very close to, but not quite.
Adverb
almost (not comparable)
- Very close to, but not quite.
- Almost all people went there.
- We almost missed the train.
- Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
- almost all
- almost no
- Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.
- almost everywhere
- almost nowhere
Noun
almost (plural almosts)
- 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.
almost meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
almost in Hindi
- very close to
- लगभग lagbhag, तक़रीबन taqrīban, प्राय prāy, प्रायः prāyaḥ
almost in Tamil
- almost, nearly, about
- கிட்டத்தட்ட kiṭṭattaṭṭa
almost in Urdu
- very close to
- تَقْرِیباً taqrīban, لَگ بَھگ lag bhag
almost in Bengali
- very close to
- প্রায় praẏ
More languagesFewer languages
- almost in Telugu
- దాదాపు dādāpu, దరిదాపు daridāpu
- almost in Malayalam
- മിക്കവാറും, ഏറെക്കുറെ, അധികവും, ഏകദേശം
- almost in Sanskrit
- नोद् nod
- almost in Sinhala
- බොහෝ දුරට bohō duraṭa
- almost in Pashto
- تقريباً taqríban
- almost in Arabic
- تَقْرِيبًا taqrīban, عَلَى وَشْك ʕalā wašk, كَادَ kāda
- almost in Indonesian
- hampir, nyaris
- almost in Thai
- เกือบ gʉ̀ʉap
- almost in Vietnamese
- gần, gần như, hầu như
- almost in Myanmar
- လုနီးပါး lu.ni:pa:
Examples of almost in a sentence
- Nobody, or almost, noticed anything unusual.
- Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter IX, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- For some odd reason, Sherin has chosen to direct the play as a comedy — at times almost a farce.1976 December 25, Robert Chesley, “New York's "Nightingale" Does No Justice to Williams' Play”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26...
Synonyms of almost
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Forms of almost
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative Jamaica | aulmos |
| Noun | |
| plural | almosts |
Origin of almost
From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
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Words that rhyme with almost
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Questions about almost
- What does almost mean?
- Almost means very close to, but not quite.
- What is almost in Hindi?
- Almost in Hindi is लगभग (lagbhag), तक़रीबन (taqrīban), प्राय (prāy). See Almost meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use almost in a sentence?
- Nobody, or almost, noticed anything unusual.
- What part of speech is almost?
- Almost can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce almost?
- Almost is pronounced /ˈɔːl.məʊst/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: almost (page history and authors); கிட்டத்தட்ட (Tamil) (page history and authors); almost (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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