different between almost vs almose

English

Alternative forms

• aulmos (Jamaican English)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eallm?st (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to all- +? most.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???l.m??st/, (emphatic, utterance-final) /??l.?m??st/
  • (colloquial, unaccented) IPA^(key): /???(l)m?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l.mo?st/, /??l.mo?st/, /?o?.mo?st/
• Hyphenation: al?most
• Rhymes: -??st

Adverb

almost (not comparable)

1. Very close to, but not quite.

Synonyms

• (very close to, but not quite): nearly, nigh, well-nigh, near, close to, next to, practically, virtually, not yet, not

Translations

Noun

almost (plural almosts)

1. (informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

Anagrams

• Altoms, smalto, stomal

English

Noun

almose (plural almoses)

1. (obsolete) alms

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir John Cheke to this entry?)

   • 1557, Martin Bucer, A treatise how by the Worde of God, Christian mens Almose ought to be distributed

Anagrams

• Meolas, Salome, amoles, lame-os, lameos, maleos, selma'o, semola

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese almoço.

Alternative forms

• almosu (Sotavento)

Noun

almose

1. (Barlavento) lunch

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro