Almost
Almost adjective - Being such only when compared to something else.
Shortly before and almost are semantically related In some cases you can use "Shortly before" instead a preposition "Almost".
Shortly before
Almost and shortly before are semantically related in near topic. Sometimes you can use "Almost" instead a preposition phrase "Shortly before".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nearly and almost
- nearly and shortly before
- about and almost
- about and shortly before
- near and almost
- near and shortly before
- approaching and almost
- approaching and shortly before
- against and almost
- against and shortly before
- nearing and almost
- nearing and shortly before
- around and almost
- around and shortly before
Both terms in one sentence
- This is almost a stock phrase of Rainbow Dash shortly before and during her Heroic B.S.O.D.
Source: It's All My Fault - His son, El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"), made his debut shortly before his father's retirement in 1982 and has become almost as popular, still competing after nearly thirty years.
Source: Wrestling Family -
Asshole Victim: The game has a disturbing tendency akin to the movies to have almost everyone who dies either start as this or become a raging asshole shortly before they die.
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Shortly before and Almost. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/shortly_before
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