almost

[US]/'ɔːlməʊst/
[UK]/'ɔlmost/
Frequency: Very High

Translation


adv. halos, malapit, hindi halos, napakalapit.

Phrases & Collocations

almost all

halos lahat

Example Sentences

The net is almost unbreakable.

Halos hindi ito mababasag.

the place was almost empty.

Halos walang tao sa lugar.

it will eat almost anything.

Kainin nito ang halos kahit ano.

it was almost light outside.

Halos maliwanag na sa labas.

In the hall it was almost dark.

Halos madilim sa hall.

The transition is almost imperceptible.

Halos hindi mahahalata ang pagbabago.

August was almost tropical this year.

Halos tropikal ang Agosto ngayong taon.

the storm was almost upon them.

Halos dumating na ang bagyo sa kanila.

it was almost blowing a gale.

Halos malakas na hangin.

disillusion was the almost invariable result.

Halos palagi ang resulta ng pagkadismaya.

the snow was almost knee-deep.

Halos hanggang tuhod ang lalim ng niyebe.

the scene was almost devoid of movement.

Halos walang gumagalaw sa eksena.

fill the cup almost to the top.

Punuin ang tasa hanggang sa halos mapuno.

The rooms are almost clean.

Halos malinis ang mga kwarto.

almost everywhere divergent

Halos kahit saan, magkakaiba.

an almost insensible change

Halos hindi mahahalata na pagbabago.

Real-world Examples

And that's not almost good, it's almost great.

At hindi iyon halos maganda, halos ito ay kahanga-hanga.

Source: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

Brilliant, ruthless, and almost certainly a monomaniac.

Napakagaling, walang awa, at halos tiyak na isang baliw.

Source: Sherlock Holmes Detailed Explanation

He had become less sociable, almost sullen.

Naging mas kaunti siyang nakikihalubilo, halos mapangungulita.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

It means almost not or almost none.

Ibig sabihin nito ay halos wala o halos wala.

Source: Grandpa and Grandma's test class

It has left almost no one unscathed.

Halos walang naiwan nitong walang nasaktan.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

This picture of desolation rendered me almost speechless.

Ang larawang ito ng kawalan ng pag-asa ay ginawa akong halos walang salita.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

This referendum took place almost entirely online.

Ang reperendum na ito ay naganap halos nang lubusan sa online.

Source: TED 2019 Annual Conference (Bilingual)

Sorry. Hold on, we're almost there. We're almost there.

Paumanhin. Hintayin mo, malapit na tayo. Malapit na tayo.

Source: Stranger Things Season 1

It's an almost unimaginable amount of energy.

Ito ay isang halos hindi maiisip na dami ng enerhiya.

Source: BBC documentary "The Mystery of the Sun"

Almost anyone can become a celebrity right now.

Halos kahit sino ay maaaring maging isang celebrity ngayon.

Source: VOA Standard November 2015 Collection

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