almost UK /ˈɔːl.məʊst/US /ˈɔl.moʊst/adverb 3noun 1forms 1 adverb3 •nearly, but not completelyAlmost all people went there.We almost missed the train. •Up to, except for a negligible set (where negligible is not universally but contextually defined). •Up to a null set; except for a set of measure 0. noun1 •(informal) 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. formsalmosts
