Collocations for "almost"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "almost" in context.
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almost
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- (am) almost [done, ready, finished, through]
- (is) almost [done, ready, finished, complete]
- almost [extinct, dead, impossible]
- almost [unknown, unpronounceable, unheard of]
- almost [anywhere, everywhere] (in)
- [you're, we are] almost there
- almost [died, had an accident] (when)
- almost [had, gave] me a heart attack
- they almost made it
- is almost [always, entirely, exclusively]
- almost [immediately, as soon as]
- almost [all, every, half, 75%]
- almost [all] of
- almost [twice, three times] as [much, many]
- almost [no, none, nothing] left (of)
- [pay, earn] almost [nothing]
- almost, but not quite
- almost but not [quite, entirely, completely, totally] (sure)
- not quite, but almost
- almost time [to, for]
- [it's, it is] almost as if you [don't, are, never]
- almost like you [don't]
- almost like [being, having, feeling]
- what do you mean (by) almost?
'almost' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
all
- always
- amount
- answer
- attendance
- audience
- balloon
- bloom
- brain
- burst
- ceiling
- dare
- day
- double
- eleven
- faint
- finished
- flawless
- fuel
- gas
- habitat
- halfway
- halve
- hump
- idea
- impossible
- introduction
- last
- laugh
- midget
- midnight
- moment
- nineteen
- ninety
- noon
- occurrence
- one
- originate
- perfect
- petrol
- plummet
- population
- puke
- rapport
- seventeen
- seventy
- sixteen
- sixty
- slavery
- spell