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# almost

«almost» in Mova's school dictionary: **very nearly but not completely: «It is almost ten o'clock»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Almost means very nearly but not completely: «It is almost ten o'clock». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#m1)

2) Almost can mean that something nearly happened but did not: «I almost fell». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, «almost» signals a number just below another: «almost 100» could be 98 or 99, not 100 or more; in estimating, «almost» helps round. In stories and safety, «almost» shows a close call: «The car almost hit him». Phrases: «almost always», «almost never», «almost all», «almost there».

### examples

- It is almost bedtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x1)
- I almost forgot my homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x2)
- We are almost there! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x3)
- Almost all the children came to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x4)
- The jar is almost empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x5)
- She almost fell off the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x6)
- I almost never eat sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x7)
- The answer is almost 50 — it's 49. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x8)
- You have made me almost lame!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/#x9)

### note

«Almost» = nearly; it means less than the full amount, never more. Place it before the verb or word it describes: «I almost won». Do not write «allmost». «Most» alone means the biggest part; «almost» means nearly.

### In the corpora

- [These things are worrying, but they are almost never anyone's fault at home, and most families get through them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/3/)
- [A scratch card is a quick lottery ticket; the "almost won" feeling is designed to make people buy another.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/14/)
- [Words like "kind, clever and creative" fit almost anyone, so they tell you nothing about you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/14/)
- [Almost everyone can learn to dance with practice and by listening for the beat, the steady pulse of the music.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/13/)
- [Almost everything people make was designed by someone: chairs, signs, logos, books, phones, bags and clothes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «almost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.