almost

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

quase

perto de

por pouco

praticamente

virtualmente

quase

cedo

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

fast

casi

presque

quasi

bijna

beinahe

σχεδόν

vrijwel

quasi

nahezu

haast

fere

pressoché

paene

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɔːɫ.məʊst/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: almost

Herdado de inglês arcaico: eallmǣst

In summary

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

Frases

Almost every single concert was sold out at the time .

Quase todos os concertos estavam esgotados na época.

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in sand .

A coisa em si estava quase inteiramente enterrada na areia.

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

"Você está quase no final de sua jornada", disse o alquimista.

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

Isso é quase cem dólares por semana!

The children were almost tyrannical .

As crianças eram quase tirânicas.

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

A mistura assumiu uma cor avermelhada, quase a cor do sangue.