almost

casi

Indica que falta muy poco para que algo sea o suceda, pero no ocurre por completo.

En inglés sencillo: Very close to being or doing something, but not completely.

• I am almost ready.
• She almost missed the last bus.
• We visit our grandmother almost every weekend.

Sinónimos: nearly, practically

Expresiones frecuentes: almost ready, almost finished, almost every day, almost fall

casi

Salvo unos pocos casos que pueden ignorarse en la situación de la que se habla.

En inglés sencillo: Except for a small set of cases that can be ignored in the situation being discussed.

• The rule holds in almost all cases.
• Almost every point satisfies the condition under our definition of negligible exceptions.
• Here, almost everywhere means we ignore the exceptional points specified earlier.

Expresiones frecuentes: almost all, almost every, almost everywhere

casi

En matemáticas, salvo en los puntos de un conjunto cuya medida es cero.

En inglés sencillo: Except at points belonging to a set with mathematical measure zero.

• The function is zero almost everywhere.
• The sequence converges almost surely.
• Almost all points satisfy this equation, since the exceptions form a set of measure zero.

Expresiones frecuentes: almost everywhere, almost surely, almost all points

casi éxito

Persona o cosa que está cerca del éxito o de ser aceptada, pero no lo consigue.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that comes close to success or acceptance but does not reach it.

• That attempt was another almost.
• The judges put her painting among the almosts.
• After years of almosts, he finally won a prize.

Sinónimos: near miss

Expresiones frecuentes: another almost, an almost