almost
Plural: almosts
Adverb
- Very nearly but not completely or exactly.
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
- "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"
- "we're almost finished"
Adv
- Very close to, but not quite.
- Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
- Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
- Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.
Noun
- Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.
Examples
- almost all
- Almost all people went there.
- almost certain
- almost everywhere
- almost no
- almost nowhere
- almost sure
- I almost had a bingo, but I was missing just one letter.
- In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
- Nobody, or almost, noticed anything unusual.
- We almost missed the train.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
Synonyms
about, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh, all but, almost, as good as, as near as makes no difference, close to, environ, fornigh, just about, more or less, near as damn it, next to, nigh on, nighwhat, not, not quite, not yet, practically, pretty much, tantamount to
Scrabble Score: 8
almost: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordalmost: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
almost: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary