almost
/ɔːl.ˈməʊst/
/ˈɑl.moʊst/
noun
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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."
adverb
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Very close to, not quite.
"Almost all people went there. - Not all but very close to it."
Synonyms:
close to, near, nearly, next to, nigh, not, not yet, practically, virtually, well-nigh