almost

[awl-mohst, awl-mohst] / ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊst /

ADVERB

nearly, very nearly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

about approximately around essentially most much practically relatively roughly virtually

STRONG

nigh well-nigh

WEAK

about to all but as good as bordering on close to close upon for all practical purposes for the greatest part in effect in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about near to not far from not quite on the brink of on the edge of on the point of on the verge of pretty near substantially within sight of

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There’s an almost 10-year age difference between you and this gentleman, which may exacerbate the financial disparity between you.

From MarketWatch

The BBC's analysis of protests includes only those for which we have verified video footage - the true number is almost certainly far higher.

From BBC

By Monday afternoon, we were both almost out of reading material again.

From The Wall Street Journal

The hardest problems are almost always the last ones to be solved; people tend to think that new technologies will continue to develop at the speed that they did in their earliest stages.

From Los Angeles Times

almost

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