Word Frequency
just
Definitions
adjective
(dʒʌst
) -
- fair or impartial in action or judgment
- (as collective noun; preceded by the) ⇒
the just
- conforming to high moral standards; honest
- consistent with justice ⇒
a just action
- rightly applied or given; deserved ⇒
a just reward
- legally valid; lawful ⇒
a just inheritance
- well-founded; reasonable ⇒
just criticism
- correct, accurate, or true ⇒
a just account
adverb
(dʒʌst
; unstressed dʒəst
) - used with forms of have to indicate an action performed in the very recent past ⇒
I have just closed the door
- at this very instant ⇒
he's just coming in to land
- no more than; merely; only ⇒
just an ordinary car
- exactly; precisely ⇒
that's just what I mean
- by a small margin; barely ⇒
he just got there in time
- (intensifier) ⇒
it's just wonderful to see you
- (informal) indeed; with a vengeance ⇒
isn't it just
-
See just about
-
See just a moment
-
See just now
-
See just on
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See just so
Derived Forms
ˈjustly adverbˈjustness noun
The use of just with exactly ( it's just exactly what they want) is redundant and should be avoided: it's exactly what they want
Word Origin
C14: from Latin jūstus righteous, from jūs justiceSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = exactly, really, quite, completely, totally, perfectly, entirely, truly, absolutely, precisely, altogether, positively
= fair, good, legitimate, honourable, right, square, pure, decent, upright, honest, equitable, righteous, conscientious, impartial, virtuous, lawful, blameless, unbiased, fair-minded, unprejudiced,
Quotations including 'just'
"Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just"
Translations for 'just'
- British English: just If you just did something, you did it a very short time ago.We just got home after an awful journey.dʒəst ADVERB
- Arabic: لِتَوِّهِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: exatamente
- Chinese: 正好
- Croatian: upravo
- Czech: právě
- Danish: lige
- Dutch: zojuist
- European Spanish: apenas
- Finnish: juuri
- French: justesimplement
- German: soeben
- Greek: μόλις
- Italian: appena
- Japanese: たった今
- Korean: 방금
- Norwegian: bare
- Polish: właśnie
- Portuguese: exatamente
- Romanian: tocmai
- Russian: только
- Spanish: Recién
- Swedish: rättvis rättvist
- Thai: เพิ่ง
- Turkish: henüz
- Ukrainian: щойно
- Vietnamese: mới vừa
Example Sentences Including 'just'
British Steel had just announced that Ravenscraig was to close with the loss of 700 jobs.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Christian said no, slow down, just sit down, we've got to do this properly.THE EXECUTION (2002)
He looked like he'd just been called up to the headmaster's office or something.THE EXECUTION (2002)
He waited all day on Saturday, until eleven on Sunday, and by lunchtime yesterday he was just 150 people from the end.Irish Times (2002)
In the heat of the afternoon, I wandered just north of the Doubs to the forest of Pourlans.Country Life (2004)
Projections of a 7 per cent year-on-year growth rate in 2002 just do not seem to me to be credible.Irish Times (2002)
Summerhill, a five-bedroom detached house in the village of Bothwell, has just come on to the market.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The private swimming pool where I'm a member was five minutes ' walk away, just off Shaftesbury Avenue.THE EXECUTION (2002)
This was put down to her dissatisfaction with the book Persuasion, which she had just completed.THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
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