{
    "term": "almost",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not quite",
            "labels": "British English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I like almost all of them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They'll eat almost anything."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Almost no one *(= hardly anyone)* believed him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The castle is **almost entirely** surrounded by water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a mistake they **almost always** make."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting is **almost certainly** a forgery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her handwriting is **almost impossible** to read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team faces **almost certain** defeat in today's match."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The workforce has **almost doubled** in the past ten years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **almost forgot** your birthday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Housing has become almost as big a problem as education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story seems almost too strange to be true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story is almost certainly false."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dinner's almost ready."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their house is almost opposite ours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His voice was almost inaudible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two brothers are almost inseparable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He slipped and almost fell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's almost time to go."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "nearly"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːlməʊst/",
                "audio": "al/almost/almost__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɔːlməʊst/",
                "audio": "al/almost/almost__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English æl mǣst ‘for the most part’, a composite of all and most."
}