Guess vs Almost - What's the difference?
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To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
(chiefly, US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
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(obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
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A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
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Very close to, but not quite.
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(informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.
As nouns the difference between guess and almost
is that guess is a prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support while almost is (informal) something or someone that doesn't quite make it.As a verb guess
is to reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.As an adverb almost is
very close to, but not quite.guess
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
- That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
- Not all together; better far, I guess , / That we do make our entrance several ways.
- But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater.
- Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.
Synonyms
* hypothesize * take a stab * speculateDerived terms
* foreguess * guess what * guessable * guesser * guessing game * guesstimate * guesswork * keep someone guessing * no prize for guessing * out-guess * second-guess * you'll never guessEtymology 2
From (etyl) gesse. Cognate with (etyl) .Noun
(es)- If you don't know the answer, take a guess .
Synonyms
* estimate * hypothesis * predictionDerived terms
* another-guess * anyone's guess * by guess or by gosh * educated guess * guesswork * guesstimate * otherguess * take a guess * your guess is as good as mineExternal links
* *almost
English
Alternative forms
* (Jamaican English)Adverb
(-)- Almost all people went there. - Not all but very close to it.
- We almost missed the train. - Not missed but very close to it.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
citation, passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
Synonyms
* nearly, nigh, well-nigh, near, close to, next to, practically, virtuallyNoun
(en noun)- In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts .
