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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Adjusted pretax corporate profits rose almost 4% in the first quarter on the heels of a 26% spike in the fourth quarter and a 19% increase in the 2025 third quarter.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

And all over the capital, whose May temperature record of 94.6 degrees dates back 82 years, it is almost too hot to sit at outdoor cafés.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"It makes me feel really excited that I can finally lift the shame that was never mine to carry," Joanna Brittan says, almost a decade after first reporting the allegations to police.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Skeptics argued that once a piano hammer strikes a string, the resulting tone is determined almost entirely by the instrument itself.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Mutti was shouting after him, shrieking almost; but I could see it was pointless, that Karli had made up his mind.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

almost

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