English
Pronunciation
Adverb
more or less (not comparable )
Approximately .
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:approximately
There are hundred people in the room, more or less .
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Almost .
I've more or less guaranteed myself a top mark in my final exams.
Translations
approximately
Albanian: pak a shumë
Arabic: حَوَالِي ( ḥawālī )
Asturian: más o menos
Bulgarian: малко или много ( malko ili mnogo )
Catalan: més o menys , si fa no fa (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大約 / 大约 (zh) ( dàyuē ) , 大约 (zh) ( dàyuē ) , 左右 (zh) ( zuǒyòu ) , 將近 / 将近 (zh) ( jiāngjìn ) , 将近 (zh) ( jiāngjìn ) , 大致 (zh) ( dàzhì ) , 或多或少 (zh) ( huòduōhuòshǎo ) , 大概 (zh) ( dàgài )
Czech: víceméně (cs)
Danish: mere eller mindre
Dutch: min of meer
Esperanto: pli-malpli
Finnish: enemmän tai vähemmän
French: peu ou prou (fr) , plus ou moins (fr)
Middle French: poy plus poy moins
Galician: máis ou menos
Georgian: ასე თუ ისე ( ase tu ise )
German: mehr oder weniger , ungefähr (de)
Greek: περισσότερο ή λιγότερο ( perissótero í ligótero )
Hebrew: פחות או יותר
Hungarian: többé-kevésbé (hu)
Icelandic: um það bil (is) , nokkurn veginn , sirka
Ido: plu o min
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Italian: più o meno (it) , su per giù (it) , approssimativamente (it)
Japanese: およそ (ja) ( oyoso ) , 約 (ja) ( やく, yaku )
Latin: plūs minor
Lithuanian: daugiau ar mažiau
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mer eller mindre (no)
Nynorsk: meir eller mindre
Occitan: mai o mens
Polish: mniej więcej (pl)
Portuguese: mais ou menos (pt)
Romanian: mai mult sau mai puțin
Russian: бо́лее и́ли ме́нее (ru) ( bóleje íli méneje ) , бо́лее-ме́нее (ru) ( bóleje-méneje )
Serbo-Croatian: manje-više (sh)
Spanish: más o menos (es)
Swedish: mer eller mindre (sv)
Tagalog: humigit-kumulang
Telugu: ఎక్కువతక్కువగా ( ekkuvatakkuvagā )
Urdu: کم و بیش ( kam-o-besh )
Yiddish: מער ווייניקער ( mer veyniker ) , מער אָדער ווייניקער ( mer oder veyniker )
almost
Albanian: pak a shumë
Bulgarian: малко или много ( malko ili mnogo )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幾乎 / 几乎 (zh) ( jīhū ) , 几乎 (zh) ( jīhū ) , 差點 / 差点 (zh) ( chàdiǎn ) , 差点 (zh) ( chàdiǎn ) , 差一點 / 差一点 (zh) , 差一点 (zh) ( chāyīdiǎn ) , 差不多 (zh) ( chàbuduō )
Esperanto: pli aŭ malpli
Finnish: lähes (fi) , enemmän tai vähemmän
French: plus ou moins (fr) , presque (fr)
Galician: case (gl)
Georgian: ასე თუ ისე ( ase tu ise )
German: mehr oder weniger , fast (de)
Hungarian: félig-meddig (hu)
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Icelandic: meira eða minna
Italian: quasi (it)
Japanese: ほとんど (ja) ( hotondo )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mer eller mindre (no)
Nynorsk: meir eller mindre
Portuguese: quase (pt)
Russian: бо́лее и́ли ме́нее (ru) ( bóleje íli méneje ) , бо́лее-ме́нее (ru) ( bóleje-méneje )
Spanish: casi (es)
Swedish: mer eller mindre (sv)
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