How to use almost in a sentence. See examples of almost used in a sentence. You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case The couple had been dating for almost three years Storms have been hitting almost all of britain recently The effect is almost impossible to describe.
Almost and nearly both mean 'not completely' or 'not quite' They can be used in front of adjectives or noun phrases, or with verbs I spent almost a month in china He worked there for nearly five years Almost (plural almosts) (informal) something or someone that doesn't quite make it In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Nearly, practically, virtually, fairly, about, most, somewhere, pretty much Quite, entirely, completely, absolutely, fully, thoroughly, altogether, well Almost everyone i know likes chocolate (definition of almost from the cambridge learner's dictionary © cambridge university press) Google's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between english and over 100 other languages.
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