Quite vs. Almost
Quiteadverb
(heading) To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
Quiteadverb
With verbs, especially past participles.
Quiteadverb
With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
Quiteadverb
With predicative adjectives.
Quiteadverb
With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
Quiteadverb
Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
Quiteadverb
With adverbs of manner.
Quiteadverb
(heading) In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
Quiteadverb
Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
Quiteadverb
With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
Quiteadverb
Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
Quiteadverb
Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
Quiteadverb
Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
Quiteadverb
With prepositional or adverbial phrases.
Quiteadverb
To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
Quiteinterjection
Indicates agreement; "exactly so".
Quitenoun
(bullfighting) A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
Quiteverb
See Quit.
Quiteadverb
Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
Quiteadverb
To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
Quiteadverb
to a degree (not used with a negative);
Quiteadverb
to the greatest extent; completely;
Quiteadverb
of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative);
Quiteadverb
actually or truly or to an extreme;
Quiteadverb
to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely
Quiteadverb
very; really (used as an intensifier)
Quiteadverb
all the way
Quiteadverb
to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree; fairly
Quiteinterjection
expressing agreement with or understanding of a remark or statement
Almostadverb
Very close to, but not quite.
Almostnoun
(informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.
Almostadverb
Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.
Almostadverb
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost';
Almostadverb
not quite; very nearly
Almost
In set theory, when dealing with sets of infinite size, the term almost or nearly is used to refer to all but a negligible amount of elements in the set. The notion of depends in the context, and may mean (in a measure space), (when uncountably infinite sets are involved), or (when infinite sets are involved).For example: The set S = { n ∈ N | n ≥ k } {\displaystyle S=\{n\in \mathbb {N} \,|\,n\geq k\}} is almost N {\displaystyle \mathbb {N} } for any k {\displaystyle k} in N {\displaystyle \mathbb {N} } , because only finitely many natural numbers are less than k {\displaystyle k} .
