almost

adverb
al·most
/ˈɔːl.məʊst/

Very close to, but not quite.

Example

“Almost all people went there.”

Other meanings

except for a negligible set where negligible is not universally but contextually defined.
a null set; except for a set of measure 0.

Synonyms

about
nearly
near
virtually

Related words

almostness
almost all
almost doesn't count
almost everywhere
almost fall off one's chair
almost prime
almost fall of one's chair
almost standards mode
almost surely
almost split sequence

Example sentences

“It's been going on for almost thirty years now.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Wouldn't almost anyone admit that?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“And oat production has fallen by almost ninety-five percent.”
Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Old English "eallmǣst" (nearly all, almost, for the most part).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “almost” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.