quasi: suggested translations

Consult this page to find suggested English equivalents for "quasi."

akin to, all but, almost, as good as, close to, essentially, like, near, nearly, practically, pretty much, pretty well, quasi, quite, seemingly, semi, similar to, virtual, virtually

  • créer un sentiment de quasi-panique dans la communauté internationale / create something akin to (close to, like, similar to) panic in the international community
  • la liste est quasi interminable / the list is all but (virtually) endless
  • essayer de plaire à tous les intervenants, c’est quasi impossible / trying to please all stakeholders is almost (practically, virtually) impossible
  • le projet est quasi terminé / the project is as good as (practically) done
  • la quasi-totalité de la recherche est effectuée par notre équipe / essentially (practically) all of the research is done by our team
  • des situations de quasi-monopole peuvent exiger l’intervention d’un tiers / some monopoly-like (near-monopoly) situations may require third-party intervention
  • la panne d’électricité a causé la quasi-fermeture du système / the power outage caused a near shutdown of the system
  • une ébauche quasi complète de l’accord sera remise lundi / a nearly complete draft of the agreement will be delivered Monday
  • l’inflation est quasi nulle et les taux d’intérêt demeurent à un niveau raisonnable / inflation is practically (close to, virtually) zero and interest rates remain at reasonable levels
  • la décision des travailleurs est quasi unanime / the workers’ decision is pretty much (pretty well) unanimous
  • le tribunal du logement est un organisme quasi judiciaire / the rental housing tribunal is a quasi-judicial body
  • les exigences relatives à la santé du bétail sont quasi irréalistes à ce stade / the requirements relating to livestock health are quite unrealistic at this stage
  • remettre le pouvoir à une agence quasi indépendante / hand power over to a semi-(quasi-) autonomous agency
  • fournir une interprétation quasi officielle de l’activité / provide a seemingly official interpretation of the event
  • les grandes sociétés sont devenues des quasi-monopoles / large corporations have become virtual monopolies
  • leurs styles d’écriture sont quasi identiques / their writing styles are virtually (almost, nearly) identical

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