virtual
adjective [before noun] (ALMOST) /ˈvɜː.tju.əl/
/ˈvɝː-/ Definition
C1 almost a particular thing or quality: Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the virtual collapse of the country's economy.AlmostMerely and barely
(Definition of virtual adjective (ALMOST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- almost adverb
- as good as idiom
- as much as idiom
- be on the way to sth idiom
- border on sth phrasal verb
- close adjective, adverb (SIMILAR)
- going on adverb, preposition
- more or less idiom
- most determiner, pronoun, adverb
- near adverb, preposition
- near- prefix
- nearly adverb
- next adverb
- pushing adverb
- quasi- prefix
- scant adjective
- sub- prefix (NOT QUITE)
- the best/better part of idiom
- well-nigh adverb
- within striking distance idiom
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