Almost meaning in English
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Definition
almost: nearly, practically
We are almost there. It's only another 2km from here, not far at all!
Examples
- ""Back in the good old days, the labor unions organized strikes almost every week."
- "I know for a fact that you were born and raised in Brooklyn, where English is spoken almost fluently."
- "Oh, I almost forgot, you haven't told me if you want one room or two."
- "In fact, I'm almost certain you had to airbrush out her nipples."
- "Bruno : You almost gave me a heart attack!"
- "Barbara : It's almost too nice to spoil the mood with our little business talk."
- "Moreover, your sexist remarks were completely unacceptable – they expose an attitude that worries me almost as much as Doris's inability to do her job."
- "I can't be sure, but I would swear they were almost like normal human beings: smiling, frowning, yawning."
- "He argues that "almost everyone performs their best when under stress"."
- "Kevin : But it's almost 6 o'clock, don't you need to close the factory soon?"
- "Children, please try to keep calm. We're almost finished with the tour."
- "Now, almost 50 years later, with the help of Mr. Terrance Cashman and Horatio Oléré, I am proud to open our new offices in San Francisco."
- "Wow, she's right, the bottle looks almost identical – but not quite identical enough for legal action."
- "Now, almost 50 years later, with the help of Mrs. Tabitha Cashman and Horatio Oléré, I am proud to open our new offices in San Francisco."
- "Looking at Ivana Bümbüm's bümbüms in those photographs, you can almost smell how beautiful my fragrances are."
- "Edward : I quite like how realistic it is... It almost looks like a real window."
- "Journey took almost 12 hours."
- "It's so strong that you can almost see it."
- "As I've been reminding you almost every day recently, your client Cosmex Inc. owes us a lot of money, and you know what they say: Money makes the world go round!"
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