almost

Senso (Inglese)

Adv

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

Con trattino come

al‧most

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɔːɫ.məʊst/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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

Frasi

Almost every single concert was sold out at the time .

Quasi ogni singolo concerto era esaurito in quel momento.

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

Sono quasi cento dollari a settimana!

The children were almost tyrannical .

I bambini erano quasi tirannici.

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

La miscela ha assunto un colore rossastro, quasi il colore del sangue.