ENGLISH
REFERENCE

pretty much

idiom
Meaning

you use this to say that something is almost completely true or finished.


Examples
SIMPLE

I am pretty much finished with my homework.

CONTEXTUAL

The project is pretty much done, so we can leave the office early today.

COMPLEX

Although the results were not perfect, the experiment was pretty much a success, confirming our initial hypothesis after months of rigorous testing.

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