almost

About 179.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb Very close to, but not quite.

   Almost all people went there.

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

   almost all

3. adverb Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0.

   almost everywhere

4. noun 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.

Similar words

well-nigh nearly virtually just about all but near nigh about most nearby

Often followed by

all as every a always entirely the any to certainly