How to use almost in a sentence. Nearly, practically, virtually, fairly, about, most, somewhere, pretty much We use almost and nearly to refer to the progress of things, especially if we are measuring and counting things
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In these examples, almost and nearly can both be used
See examples of almost used in a sentence.
Almost (plural almosts) (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. Almost and nearly both mean 'not completely' or 'not quite' They can be used in front of adjectives or noun phrases, or with verbs
I spent almost a month in china He worked there for nearly five years You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case The couple had been dating for almost three years
Storms have been hitting almost all of britain recently
The effect is almost impossible to describe.
