almost
/ˈɔl.moʊst/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.39 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
adv
Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined).
Example Sentences
- "Almost all people went there."
- "We almost missed the train."
- "Nobody, or almost, noticed anything unusual."
- "Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited."
- "This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer."
- "Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Old English eallmǣst Middle English almost English almost From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔl.moʊst/
- British English: /ˈɔːl.məʊst/
Usage
Inflected Forms
aulmos (alternative, Jamaica)
almosts (plural)