Complete Definition of "almost"

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English

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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/���lm��st/, SAMPA|/"O:lm@Ust/
(General American|US) IPA|/���lmo�st/, SAMPA|/"O:lmoUst/
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Hyphenation: al·most

Etymology
OE. eallmæst.

Adverb
almost

  1. Very close
  2. Not quite

Synonyms
nearly

Translations

Breton: hogos, hogozik
Bulgarian: по��и
Chinese:
:Simplified: �� (jīhū)
:Traditional: 幾�
Czech: skoro, tém��
Danish: næsten
Dutch: bijna, nagenoeg, vrijwel, zo goed als
Esperanto: preskaux
Estonian: Peaaegu
Finnish: lähes, melkein
French: presque
German: fast
Greek: ��εδ�ν (skhedón)
Indonesian: hampir, nyaris
Italian: quasi
mid
Japanese: ���� (hotondo)
Korean: 거�
Latin: paene, fere
Latvian: gandrīz
Maltese: kważi
Polish: prawie
Portuguese: quase
Romanian: aproape
Russian: по��и (pochti)
Slovene: skoraj
Spanish: casi
Swedish: nästan
Telugu: దాదాప�, దరిదాప�
Tok Pisin: klosap
Ukrainian: майже (majže), �ливе (slywe)
Vietnamese: gần (như)

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Similar to

#: They could be almost brothers.

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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.

Category:1000 English basic words

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fi:almost
ta:almost
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vi:almost
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uk:almost
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