What does almost mean?
Definitions for almost
ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊstal·most
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word almost.
Princeton's WordNet
about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh(adverb)
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
"the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
Wiktionary
almost(Noun)
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(Adverb)
Very close
almost(Adverb)
Not quite
Webster Dictionary
Almost(adverb)
nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part
Etymology: [AS. ealmst, lmst, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + mst most.]
Freebase
Almost
In set theory, when dealing with sets of infinite size, the term almost or nearly is used to mean all the elements except for finitely many. In other words, an infinite set S that is a subset of another infinite set L, is almost L if the subtracted set L\S is of finite size. Examples: ⁕The set is almost N for any k in N, because only finitely many natural numbers are less than k. ⁕The set of prime numbers is not almost N because there are infinitely many natural numbers that are not prime numbers. This is conceptually similar to the almost everywhere concept of measure theory, but is not the same. For example, the Cantor set is uncountably infinite, but has Lebesgue measure zero. So a real number in is a member of the complement of the Cantor set almost everywhere, but it is not true that the complement of the Cantor set is almost the real numbers in.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Almost
awl′mōst, adv. nearly, all but, very nearly. [All and Most.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'almost' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #259
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'almost' in Written Corpus Frequency: #694
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'almost' in Adverbs Frequency: #45
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of almost in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of almost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of almost in a Sentence
Here’s my reaction. And the reason I smile a little bit is anybody who’s actually done investigations knows that if you’ve been investigating something for almost a year and you don’t have a general sense of where it’s likely to end up, you should be fired because you’re incompetent, but after nine or ten months of investigating, it looked like on the current course and speed, this is going to end without charges. And so what will we do? Smart people, competent people plan ahead. If you’re going to charge you, you plan ahead. If you’re not going to charge, you plan ahead.
I'm also very, very political, when you can get zoning on the West Side of Manhattan to build almost 6,000 units of housing and you have to go through New York City politics, believe me, that's tough.
As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, What is truth?
The color is almost intact even though the tomb is almost 4,400 years old.
Assistant District Attorney Christopher Beard:
He orchestrated almost this entire scheme to steal from his employer at every and any opportunity that presented itself.
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- quasiAragonese
- شَبَه, تقريبًاArabic
- az qala, az qaldıAzerbaijani
- ама́льBelarusian
- почти́Bulgarian
- প্রায়Bengali
- hogos, hogozikBreton
- quasi, gairebéCatalan, Valencian
- téměř, skoroCzech
- næstenDanish
- so gut wie, fast, beinaheGerman
- σχεδόνGreek
- preskaŭEsperanto
- casiSpanish
- peaaeguEstonian
- تقریباًPersian
- miltei, liki, melkein, lähesFinnish
- næstanFaroese
- presqueFrench
- hastWestern Frisian
- beagnachIrish
- caseGalician
- כִּמְעַטHebrew
- लगभगHindi
- majdnemHungarian
- գրեթե, համարյաArmenian
- nyaris, hampirIndonesian
- preskeIdo
- quasiItalian
- כמעטHebrew
- ほとんどJapanese
- თითქმისGeorgian
- дерлікKazakh
- ជិត, ស្ទើរតែKhmer
- 거의Korean
- hema-hema, nêzîkî, teqrîbenKurdish
- fere, paene, propeLatin
- ເກືອບLao
- beveikLithuanian
- gandrīzLatvian
- pitopitoiti, pitoiti, kainamu, tataMāori
- скоро, речисиMacedonian
- шахам, мөлтөс, барагMongolian
- kważiMaltese
- လုနီးပါးBurmese
- nagenoeg, bijna, vrijwel, zo goed alsDutch
- nestenNorwegian
- kʼadę́ę, kʼasdą́ą́ʼNavajo, Navaho
- quasi, quasiben, quasiment, gairebenOccitan
- prawiePolish
- quasePortuguese
- aproapeRomanian
- почти́Russian
- skoro, скороSerbo-Croatian
- skoro, takmerSlovak
- skôrajSlovene
- nästanSwedish
- கிட்டத்தட்டTamil
- దరిదాపు, దాదాపుTelugu
- เกือบ, เกือบจะThai
- neredeyseTurkish
- ма́йже, сливе́Ukrainian
- gần như, gầnVietnamese
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