"pretty much" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} pretty much (not comparable)
  1. Almost completely; very nearly; mostly; more or less; basically. Tags: not-comparable Translations (almost completely; very nearly; mostly): 几乎 (jīhū) (Chinese Mandarin), 差不多 (chàbuduō) (Chinese Mandarin), stort set (Danish), preskaŭ ĉiel (Esperanto), preskaŭ ĉiom (Esperanto), plejparte (Esperanto), kvazaŭ (Esperanto), aika lailla (Finnish), suurin piirtein (Finnish), à peu de choses près (French), leidlich (German), 多分 (tabun) (Japanese), mer eller mindre (Norwegian), quase isso (Portuguese), практически (praktičeski) (Russian), почти (počti) (Russian), más o menos (Spanish), i stort sett (Swedish), майже́ (majžé) (Ukrainian), значно́ю мі́рою (značnóju míroju) (Ukrainian)
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          "ref": "2008 January 6, Ron Liddle, “Bring back British Rail, all is forgiven”, in Sunday Times, UK, retrieved 2008-07-16:",
          "text": "Pretty much all of the train operating companies have announced huge fare increases.",
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          "ref": "2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 11:37 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 2024-11-29:",
          "text": "Although British involvement in the slave trade prior to 1807 cannot be denied, or its effects diminished, it is also a fact that the Royal Navy was pretty much the only force in the world in the 19th century with the numbers, drive, willingness, firepower, and capability to curtail the global slave trade, and that, without these efforts, many more would no doubt have been taken to slave plantations and other such destinations during the 19th, and possibly even into the 20th, centuries, as it must be remembered that a great many European powers would only begrudgingly commit to ending the slave trade when the other option was continuous war with the British Empire.",
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        "Almost completely; very nearly; mostly; more or less; basically."
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          "completely",
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          "mostly",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīhū",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "几乎"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "chàbuduō",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "差不多"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "stort set"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "preskaŭ ĉiel"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "plejparte"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "kvazaŭ"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "suurin piirtein"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "à peu de choses près"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "leidlich"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tabun",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "多分"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "mer eller mindre"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "quase isso"
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          "roman": "počti",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "почти"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "más o menos"
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          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "i stort sett"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "majžé",
          "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
          "word": "майже́"
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          "roman": "značnóju míroju",
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      "roman": "chàbuduō",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "差不多"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "stort set"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "preskaŭ ĉiel"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "kvazaŭ"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "aika lailla"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "suurin piirtein"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "à peu de choses près"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "leidlich"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tabun",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "多分"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "mer eller mindre"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "quase isso"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "практически"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "почти"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "más o menos"
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      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "i stort sett"
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      "roman": "majžé",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
      "word": "майже́"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "značnóju míroju",
      "sense": "almost completely; very nearly; mostly",
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  "word": "pretty much"
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