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{
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},
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"source": "Thesaurus:almost",
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"source": "Thesaurus:almost",
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"text": "Almost all people went there. (not all but very close to it)",
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{
"text": "We almost missed the train. (not missed but very close to it)",
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{
"ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19",
"text": "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.",
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{
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "amper"
},
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"sense": "very close to",
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"word": "hizax"
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"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"roman": "taqrīban",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "تَقْرِيبًا"
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"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasi"
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"roman": "hamarya",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "համարյա"
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{
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "gretʿe",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "գրեթե"
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "very close to",
"word": "cuasi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ast",
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"sense": "very close to",
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "very close to",
"word": "az qala"
},
{
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "az qaldı"
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"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ia"
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{
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"roman": "amálʹ",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ама́ль"
},
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "praẏ",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "প্রায়"
},
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"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "br",
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"sense": "very close to",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "počtí",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "почти́"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lu.ni:pa:",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "လုနီးပါး"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gairebé"
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"word": "quasi"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"sense": "very close to",
"word": "tó'ease-"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "幾乎"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīhū",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "几乎"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "差點"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chàdiǎn",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "差点"
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"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"sense": "very close to",
"word": "差一點"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"roman": "chāyīdiǎn",
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"_dis1": "95 2 2",
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"roman": "chàbuduō",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "差不多"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "skoro"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "téměř"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "næsten"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "være lige ved at"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nærved"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "bijna"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nagenoeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "vrijwel"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "very close to",
"word": "zo goed als"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "preskaŭ"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "peaaegu"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ext",
"lang": "Extremaduran",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "cuasi"
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{
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"lang": "Extremaduran",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "abati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "næstan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "melkein"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "lähes"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "miltei"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "liki"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "presque"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasiment"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "case"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "titkmis",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "თითქმის"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "lamis",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ლამის"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "fast"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "beinahe"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "so gut wie"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"tags": [
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"word": "schier"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "schedón",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "σχεδόν"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paralígo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "παραλίγο"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skhedón",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "σχεδόν"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "olígou deîn",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ὀλίγου δεῖν"
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{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "olígou",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ὀλίγου"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "-ngajak"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kim'át",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "כִּמְעַט"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lagbhag",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "लगभग"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "taqrīban",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "तक़रीबन"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prāy",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "प्राय"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "majdnem"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "næstum því"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "næstum"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "preske"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "hampir"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nyaris"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "melkeen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "beagnach"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "dóbair"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "aalmos"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hotondo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ほとんど"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hobo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ほぼ"
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{
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"alt": "おおかた",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōkata",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "大方"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "derlık",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "дерлік"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɨt",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ជិត"
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "stǝǝ tae",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ស្ទើរតែ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geoui",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "거의"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "used after verbs",
"roman": "ppeonhada",
"sense": "very close to",
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{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "teqrîben"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nêzîkî"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "hema-hema"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "deerlik",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "дээрлик"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kư̄ap",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ເກືອບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "kuoni"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gondreiž"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "paene"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ferē"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gandrīz"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "beveik"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rečisi",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "речиси"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "bijna"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nagenoeg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "vrijwel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "zo goed als"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "preskaŭ"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "peaaegu"
},
{
"code": "ext",
"lang": "Extremaduran",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "cuasi"
},
{
"code": "ext",
"lang": "Extremaduran",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "abati"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "næstan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "melkein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "lähes"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "miltei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "liki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "presque"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasiment"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "case"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "titkmis",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "თითქმის"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "lamis",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ლამის"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "fast"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "beinahe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "so gut wie"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very close to",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "schier"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "schedón",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "σχεδόν"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paralígo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "παραλίγο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "skhedón",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "σχεδόν"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "olígou deîn",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ὀλίγου δεῖν"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "olígou",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ὀλίγου"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "-ngajak"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kim'át",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "כִּמְעַט"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lagbhag",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "लगभग"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "taqrīban",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "तक़रीबन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prāy",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "प्राय"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "majdnem"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "næstum því"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "næstum"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "preske"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "hampir"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nyaris"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "melkeen"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "beagnach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "dóbair"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasi"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "aalmos"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hotondo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ほとんど"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hobo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ほぼ"
},
{
"alt": "おおかた",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōkata",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "大方"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "derlık",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "дерлік"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cɨt",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ជិត"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "stǝǝ tae",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ស្ទើរតែ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geoui",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "거의"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "used after verbs",
"roman": "ppeonhada",
"sense": "very close to",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "뻔하다"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "teqrîben"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nêzîkî"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "hema-hema"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "deerlik",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "дээрлик"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kư̄ap",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ເກືອບ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "kuoni"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gondreiž"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "paene"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ferē"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gandrīz"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "beveik"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rečisi",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "речиси"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skoro",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "скоро"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bezmalku",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "безмалку"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "saiky"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "kważi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "pitoiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "pitopitoiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "tata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "kainamu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "tōtahi"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quaije"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "barag",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "бараг"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "möltös",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "мөлтөс"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šaxam",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "шахам"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "kʼasdą́ą́ʼ"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "kʼadę́ę"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nesten"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "bortimot"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nesten"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "bortimot"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gaireben"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasi"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasiben"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quasiment"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "fulnēah"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nær svá"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "mjǫk"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "taqríban",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "تقریبا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "taqriban",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "تقریباً"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qarib",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "قریب"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "knaup"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "afens"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "prawie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "niemalże"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "niemal"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "omal"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "bez mała"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "blisko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "quase"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "yaqa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "aproape"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"note": "used with verbs in past tense",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "era să"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtí",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "почти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počtí što",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "почти́ что"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slovno",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "словно"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "nod",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "नोद्"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "awmaist"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "amaist"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "maistly"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "maistlins"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "very close to",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "скоро"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "very close to",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "skoro"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "bohō duraṭa",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "බොහෝ දුරට"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "skoro"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "takmer"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "skôraj"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "skóro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "casi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "por poco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "nästan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "närapå"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "taqriban",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "тақрибан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "qarib",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "қариб"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ái"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dādāpu",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "దాదాపు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "daridāpu",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "దరిదాపు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gʉ̀ʉap",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "เกือบ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "phal cher",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ཕལ་ཆེར"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ha lam",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ཧ་ལམ"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "klosap"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "neredeyse"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "májže",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "ма́йже"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slyvé",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "сливе́"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "taqrīban",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "تقریباً"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "deyarli"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "qariyb"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "taqriban"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gần"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "gần như"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "hầu như"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "bron"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "hast"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kimat",
"sense": "very close to",
"word": "כּמעט"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(mathematics)",
"word": "melkein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(mathematics)",
"word": "lähes"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(mathematics)",
"word": "miltei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(mathematics)",
"word": "liki"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(mathematics)",
"word": "fast"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(mathematics)",
"word": "prawie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(mathematics)",
"word": "niemal"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(measure theory, probability theory)",
"word": "melkein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(measure theory, probability theory)",
"word": "lähes"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(measure theory, probability theory)",
"word": "miltei"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(measure theory, probability theory)",
"word": "liki"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(measure theory, probability theory)",
"word": "fast"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(measure theory, probability theory)",
"word": "prawie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(measure theory, probability theory)",
"word": "niemal"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"almost (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "almost"
}
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},
"expansion": "Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "al",
"3": "most",
"t1": "all"
},
"expansion": "al- (“all”) + most",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "almosts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "almost (plural almosts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"al‧most"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something or someone that doesn't quite make it."
],
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"(informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɔːɫ.məʊst/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɔːɫ.ˈməʊst/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔː(l)məs/",
"note": "colloquial, unaccented"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔl.moʊst/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɑl.moʊst/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈoʊ.moʊst/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɒːɫmost]",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊst"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-inlandnorth-almost.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/En-us-inlandnorth-almost.ogg/En-us-inlandnorth-almost.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/En-us-inlandnorth-almost.ogg",
"tags": [
"US-Inland-North"
],
"text": "Audio (US-Inland North)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-almost.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/En-us-almost.ogg/En-us-almost.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/En-us-almost.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"English",
"Jamaican"
],
"word": "aulmos"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"almost (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "almost"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "almost"
},
"expansion": "English: almost",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: almost"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "almostly",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Yola: almostly",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Yola: almostly"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "eallmǣst",
"4": "",
"5": "nearly all, almost, for the most part"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "al",
"3": "most",
"t1": "all"
},
"expansion": "al- (“all”) + most",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adverb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "almost",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "almost",
"name": "enm-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adverbs",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms prefixed with al-",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"almost"
],
"links": [
[
"almost",
"almost"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/alˈmɔːst/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "almoost"
},
{
"word": "almast"
},
{
"word": "almest"
},
{
"word": "almuste"
}
],
"word": "almost"
}
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