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Very nearly; everything short of. Most often precedes a verb or adjective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The food is all but finished.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Everything except. Typically precedes a noun or noun phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- All but three of the students skipped school the day of the parade.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
az qala
— very nearly
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Catalan:
quasi
— very nearly
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Catalan:
gairebé
— very nearly
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Chinese Mandarin:
幾乎 /几乎
(jīhū)
— very nearly
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Danish:
næsten
— very nearly
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Dutch:
bijna
— very nearly
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Dutch:
welhaast
— very nearly
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Esperanto:
preskaŭ
— very nearly
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Finnish:
lähes
— very nearly
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Finnish:
melkein
— very nearly
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Finnish:
käytännössä
— very nearly
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Finnish:
miltei
— very nearly
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French:
presque
— very nearly
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French:
plus ou moins
— very nearly
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German:
fast
— very nearly
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Italian:
quasi
— very nearly
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Italian:
praticamente
— very nearly
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Italian:
quasi del tutto
— very nearly
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Italian:
all'atto pratico
— very nearly
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Norwegian Bokmål:
så godt som
— very nearly
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Norwegian Bokmål:
praktisk talt
— very nearly
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Norwegian Bokmål:
i det store og det hele
— very nearly
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nesten
— very nearly
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Norwegian Bokmål:
mer eller mindre
— very nearly
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Polish:
prawie
— very nearly
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Portuguese:
praticamente
— very nearly
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Portuguese:
quase
— very nearly
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Russian:
почти́
(počtí)
— very nearly
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Slovak:
takmer
— very nearly
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Slovak:
skoro
— very nearly
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Spanish:
casi
— very nearly
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Spanish:
casi por
— very nearly
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Spanish:
casi por completo
— very nearly
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Spanish:
prácticamente
— very nearly
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Swedish:
praktiskt taget
— very nearly
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Swedish:
nära på
— very nearly
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Swedish:
snudd på
— very nearly