almost

Significado (Inglés)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Very close to, but not quite.
2. (not-comparable) Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
3. (not-comparable) Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).

Noun

Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

Conceptos

casi

por poco no

prácticamente

pronto

virtualmente

pseudo

aproximadamente

cuasi

cerca de

falso

Sinónimos

nearly

about

near

approximately

practically

closely

virtually

close to

all but

just about

nigh

mostly

roughly

well-nigh

close

should have

very nearly

soon

🔜

barely

not quite

as good as

about to

most

shortly

equally

just

sort of

around

now

hardly

much

give or take

narrowly

maybe

formerly

first

1st

average

false

exactly

at last

although

even

more or less

marginally

cunning

condescend

all right

many

mainly

look for

Traducciones

fast

quasi

presque

bijna

quase

beinahe

σχεδόν

vrijwel

quasi

nahezu

haast

fere

pressoché

paene

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɔːɫ.məʊst/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: almost

Heredado de inglés antiguo: eallmǣst

In summary

From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.

Oraciones

Almost every single concert was sold out at the time .

Casi todos los conciertos se agotaron en ese momento.

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in sand .

La cosa en sí estaba casi completamente enterrada en la arena.

" You are almost at the end of your journey ," said the alchemist .

"Estás casi al final de tu viaje", dijo el alquimista.

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

¡Eso es casi cien dólares por semana!

The children were almost tyrannical .

Los niños eran casi tiránicos.

The mixture took on a reddish color , almost the color of blood .

La mezcla adquirió un color rojizo, casi el color de la sangre.