almost
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- aulmos (Jamaican English)
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to all- + most.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ɔːlˈməʊst/, /ˈɔːl.məʊst/, SAMPA: /"O:l.m@Ust/, /O:l"m@Ust/
- (US) IPA: /ˈɔl.moʊst/, /ˈɑɫ.moʊst/, SAMPA: /"Ol.moUst/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: al‧most
[edit] Adverb
almost (not comparable)
- Very close
- Almost all people went there. - Not all but very close to it.
- We almost missed the train. - Not missed but very close to it.
- Not quite
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
very close to
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[edit] Noun
almost (plural almosts)
- (informal) 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.