almost

== English == === Alternative forms === aulmos (Jamaica) === Etymology === From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +‎ most. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːl.məʊst/, (emphatic, utterance-final) /ɔːlˈməʊst/ (colloquial, unaccented) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(l)məs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔl.moʊst/, /ˈɑl.moʊst/, /ˈoʊ.moʊst/ (Canada) IPA(key): [ˈɒɫmoʊst] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈoːlməʉst/, [ˈoːɫməʉst], [ˈoːwməʉst], /əʉməʉst/ Rhymes: -əʊst Hyphenation: al‧most === Adverb === almost (not comparable) Very close to, but not quite. Synonym: (obsolete) environ (mathematics) Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined). almost all almost no (measure theory, probability theory) Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0. almost everywhere almost nowhere almost certain almost sure ==== Synonyms ==== (very close to, but not quite): nearly, nigh, well-nigh, near, close to, next to, practically, virtually, not yet, not ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === almost (plural almosts) (informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it. === References === “almost”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “almost”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Altoms, smalto, stomal == Middle English == === Alternative forms === almoost, almast, almest, almuste === Etymology === From Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) +‎ most. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈmɔːst/ === Adverb === almost almost ==== Descendants ==== English: almost ⇒ Yola: almostly ==== References ==== “al-mōst, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.