almost

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɔːl.məʊst/]

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1. almost (adv) — sense 1

Definition: Very close to, but not quite.

Example: Almost all people went there.

2. almost (adv) — sense 2

Definition: Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).

Example: almost all

3. almost (adv) — sense 3

Definition: Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).: Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.

Example: almost everywhere

4. almost (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

Example: In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.

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