almost; nearly
eş: beinah
köken: From Middle High German bīnāhe, bīnāch. Analysable as bei (“by, near”) + nah (“near, close”). Compare Dutch bijna.
for the most part, on the whole, by and large, in the main
almost
eş: por poco
köken: Semi-learned borrowing from Latin quasi. Doublet of cuasi. The two were originally in a complementary distribution that depended on stress.
aile: casi casi, de casi no se muere nadie, los casis no cuentan
🔊 Casi casi que me parece que ocurriese ayer mismo.
generally, normally
eş: spesso, di solito, solitamente, il più delle volte, normalmente, abitualmente
köken: From generale + -mente.
almost
🔊 Mən az qala yıxılmışdım.
almost, nearly
köken: Borrowed from Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb).
predominantly, mostly, mainly
🔊 Мысырҙа башлыса дөгө, мамыҡ, бойҙай һәм йәшелсә-емештәр үҫтерәләр.
🔊 “Ғәлиә”лә башлыса Мысырҙа, Сүриәлә, Төркиәлә белем алған билдәле ғалимдар һәм дин белгестәре уҡыта.
almost · soon
eş: bijkans, haast, nagenoeg, schier, vrijwel
köken: From Middle Dutch bina. Equivalent to a univerbation of bij + na. Compare German beinahe.
generally; by and large (with few exceptions) · generally (as a rule; usually) · generally (without reference to specific details)
nearly, almost, near miss, close but no cigar, hair's breadth, just (used to indicate something that almost or nearly happened)
eş: στο τσακ
köken: παρά (pará, “except, despite”) + λίγο (lígo, “a little”)
🔊 Παραλίγο να τρακάρουμε.
generally, mostly, for the most part; usually, normally, as a rule, more often than not, most of the time, much (a great deal) of the time; more or less; nearly all, almost all; almost, nearly; probably
🔊 彼はたいてい事務所にいますよ。
🔊 この病気にかかるとたいてい死ぬ。
🔊 彼女の手紙はたいていきょうもらえると思います。
almost, nearly
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 거ᅀᅴ (Yale: kezuy).
🔊 손님은 거의가 오셨습니다.
🔊 내 동생은 퇴근을 하면 남은 시간의 거의를 공부를 하는 데 쓰더라.
for the most part
🔊 Eleverna är i stor utsträckning nöjda med sin undervisning.
almost, nearly, practically
köken: Literally, “without little”.
🔊 bez mała dwadzieścia lat
🔊 w każdym bez mała mieszkaniu
usually, ordinarily, commonly, customarily · as a rule, generally
köken: Adverbial form of звича́йний (zvyčájnyj).
aile: як звича́йно
comparative degree of अधिक (adhik)
köken: Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिकतर (adhikatara).
mostly, for the most part
köken: Translative singular of enin with a possessive suffix.
🔊 Suomeen tulevat turvapaikanhakijat ovat enimmäkseen nuoria miehiä.
mostly · predominantly
köken: From převážný + -ě.
near, close, nearby · almost (very close to), nearly
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad prope, composed of ad (“to, at”) + prope (“near”). Compare Aromanian aproapea.
mostly
köken: Lexicalization of jobb (comparative of jó (“good”)) + -a + -ra (case suffix).
almost, nearly · scarcely, hardly, barely
köken: Possibly from the same root as patior (“to suffer”); this may be Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-(i)- (“to hurt”) (this is supported by Pokorny), but its standard reconstruction as *peh₁-(i)- (or *peh₁y-) creates phonetic problems for the Latin. Neri (2007), following Vine, derives it Proto-Indo-European *p(e)-ai-ni- (“not entirely; from whom has been taken away; who takes away”), from *pe- (“away”) +…
aile: paenīnsula, paenultimus, paenumbra
for the most part, largely