English-Italian translations for almost

• quasi
  Sono stati respinti quasi tutti. Almost all of them were rejected.
  Quasi, quasi sono invidioso di non essere stato presente. I am almost jealous that I was not present.
  Il risarcimento delle vittime è quasi nullo. Compensation of victims is almost non-existent.
• presto
  Presto saranno quasi 500 milioni di persone in 25, poi 27 e forse più avanti persino più paesi. Soon there will be almost 500 million people in 25, then 27 and later perhaps even more countries.
  Il Commissario Byrne ci ha comunicato che lo studio di fattibilità è quasi completo, e quindi presto potremo iniziare; me ne rallegro.Commissioner Byrne told us that the feasibility study is almost complete, so we should be able to start soon. I am grateful for that.
  E' una politica di successo che farà sì che nell'Europa dei 15 presto nessuna regione sia più compresa nell'obiettivo 1. It is a successful policy which is going to ensure that soon there will be almost no Objective 1 regions amongst the Europe of the 15.

Definition of almost

• Very close to, not quite
• Something or someone that doesn't quite make it

Examples

• Almost all people went there. - Not all but very close to it
• We almost missed the train. - Not missed but very close to it
• In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.

Related words

• ophthalmostat
• almost everywhere
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