Definition: 1. Something is not completely the case but is nearly the case. 2. Not quite.
Use 'almost' in a sentence:
1. Nick's grown almost an inch in the last month.
2. The horse was almost pure white in colour.
3. Almost every family in the country owns a television.
4. They'll eat almost anything.
5. This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal.
6. Such advice as he was given has proved almost worthless.
7. At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change.
8. He swept into the lead with an almost perfect performance.
9. There was an almost complete lack of awareness of the issues involved.
10. She was almost 90, but still very robust.
11. Millions of irrigation wells have significantly lowered water tables in almost every state.
12. It was almost midnight.
13. The pain was almost more than he could bear.
14. True to her word, she was correct almost every time.
15. Almost nothing was done to improve the situation.
16. Membership almost doubled in two years.
17. The exercises are so simple that almost anyone can do them.
18. Supper's almost ready.
19. It's a mistake they almost always make.
20. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears.
21. He has lived and worked in France almost continuously since 1990.
22. It's almost time to go.
23. People were coming out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible.
24. The phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis.
25. The argument ground on for almost two years.
26. Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
27. Agreement on this issue is almost universal.
28. Overall, almost three in five people say they try to limit their usage of paper – including facial tissue and kitchen roll – to save money.
29. Almost overnight I was cured.
30. By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.
31. In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago, Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.
32. Almost everyone has some musical ability.
33. It happened almost exactly a year ago.
34. So they’re cheap almost everywhere.
35. A very small number of people are able to remember almost every detail of their life.
36. I like almost all of them.
37. His coat was so long it was almost touching the floor.
38. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.
39. Almost all homes have at least one TV set.
40. The credits seemed to last almost as long as the film!
41. The pain was almost too great to endure.
42. That one mistake almost cost him his life.
43. She answered almost immediately.
44. Have you almost finished?
45. I've saved almost £ 100 so far.
46. Almost no one believed him.
47. Servants are now almost extinct in modern society.
