Definition of almost; in English English dictionary
almost: Not quite
almost: Something or someone that doesn't quite make it
In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
Almost: quasi-
almost: {a} nearly, near, well nigh
Almost: adv hampir
Almost: ad a little less than completely
Almost: very nearly, as in: The muffins are almost done, Andrew
Almost: Kiap
Almost: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
Almost: quasi
almost: Something or someone that doesnt quite make it
almost: nearly, closely
almost: Very close
almost: Similar to
almost: You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case. The couple had been dating for almost three years Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently The effect is almost impossible to describe The arrested man will almost certainly be kept at this police station He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him. = nearly. nearly, but not completely or not quite
almost: Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part