Meaning

Very close to, but not quite..

Definitions by Sense

1. Very close to, but not quite.
2. (mathematics) Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
3. (informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

Example Sentences

Almost all people went there.

We almost missed the train.

Nobody, or almost, noticed anything unusual.

Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

This time was most dreadful for Lilian. 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. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.

Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

For some odd reason, Sherin has chosen to direct the play as a comedy — at times almost a farce.

In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

Word Forms

• aulmos
• almosts

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Use almost when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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