adv.

Slightly short of; not quite; nearly: almost time to go; was almost asleep; had almost finished. See Usage Note at none.

[Middle English, from Old English ealmǣst : eall, all; see all + mǣst, most; see most.]

adverb

Near to in quantity or amount: about, approximately, nearly, roughly. Idioms: on the order of. See near/far/distance.

IN BRIEF: Very close to; nearly.

Swinging on delicate hinges the Autumn Leaf Almost off the stem. — Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), US author who influenced the “beat” generation.

Common misspelling(s) of almost

• almsot

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - næsten, omtrent

Nederlands (Dutch)
bijna

Français (French)
adv. - presque, à peu près

Deutsch (German)
adv. - beinahe, fast

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - σχεδόν, περίπου, παραλίγο να

Italiano (Italian)
quasi

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - quase, perto de, por pouco, aproximadamente

Русский (Russian)
почти

Español (Spanish)
adv. - casi, por poco

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - nästan, så gott som

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
差不多, 几乎

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 差不多, 幾乎

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 거의, 대부분

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - ほとんど, もう少しで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) تقريبا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮כמעט‬

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