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almost [ˈɔːlməʊst] adv
little short of being; very nearly ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
almost adverb nearly, about, approaching, close to, virtually, practically, roughly, all but, just about, not quite, on the brink of, not far from, approximately, well-nigh, as good as The couple had been dating for almost three years. Translations almost [ˈɔːlməʊst] ADV → casi it's almost finished/ready → casi está terminado/listo it's almost midnight → ya es casi medianoche he almost certainly will win → casi seguro que gana he almost fell → casi se cae → por poco no se cae I had almost forgotten about it → casi lo olvido → por poco no lo olvido we're almost there → estamos a punto de llegar, ya nos falta poco para llegar "have you finished?" - "almost" → -¿has acabado? -casi almost [ˈɔːlməʊst] adv → presque almost impossible → presque impossible to almost do sth I've almost finished → J'ai presque fini. He almost fell → Il est presque tombé. BUT Il a failli tomber. almost a month → presque un mois almost 5 kilometres → presque cinq kilomètres almost all → presque tout almost as big as ... → presque aussi grand(e) que ... almost certainly → presque sûrement almost immediately → presque immédiatement almost adv almost [ˈoːlməust] nearly but not quite She is almost five years old; She almost fell under a moving car. amper, byna تَقْرِيبَاً почти téměř næsten fast, beinahe σχεδόν casi peaaegu تقریباً melkein presque כִּמעַט लगभग, अधिकतर skoro majdnem hampir næstum því quasi ほとんど 거의 beveik gandrīz hampir bijna nesten prawie quase aproape почти skoro skoraj skoro nästan เกือบจะ hemen hemen 幾乎 майже, мало не تقریباً gần như 几乎 almost → تقريباً téměř næsten fast σχεδόν casi melkein presque skoro quasi ほとんど 거의 bijna nesten prawie quase почти nästan เกือบจะ neredeyse gần như 几乎 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But in life --as we have elsewhere seen --this inclined plane is angularly filled up, and almost squared by the enormous superincumbent mass of the junk and sperm. It seems almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the oyster. Colonel Lloyd kept a large and finely cultivated garden, which afforded almost constant employment for four men, besides the chief gardener, (Mr. |
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