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just

1  [juhst]
Use just in a Sentence
–adjective
1. guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness: We hope to be just in our understanding of such difficult situations.
2. done or made according to principle; equitable; proper: a just reply.
3. based on right; rightful; lawful: a just claim.
4. in keeping with truth or fact; true; correct: a just analysis.
5. given or awarded rightly; deserved, as a sentence, punishment, or reward: a just penalty.
6. in accordance with standards or requirements; proper or right: just proportions.
7. (esp. in Biblical use) righteous.
8. actual, real, or genuine.
–adverb
9. within a brief preceding time; but a moment before: The sun just came out.
10. exactly or precisely: This is just what I mean.
11. by a narrow margin; barely: The arrow just missed the mark.
12. only or merely: He was just a clerk until he became ambitious.
13. actually; really; positively: The weather is just glorious.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L jūstus righteous, equiv. to jūs law, right + -tus adj. suffix

Synonyms:
1. upright; equitable, fair, impartial. 3. legitimate, legal. 4. accurate, exact; honest. 5. merited, appropriate, condign, suited, apt, due.

Antonyms:
1. biased. 4. untrue. 5. unjustified.

just

2  [juhst]
–noun, verb (used without object)
joust.
Related forms:
juster, noun

joust

  [joust, juhst, joost]
–noun
1. a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
2. this type of combat fought in a highly formalized manner as part of a tournament.
3. jousts, tournament.
4. a personal competition or struggle.
–verb (used without object)
5. to contend in a joust or tournament.
6. to contend, compete, or struggle: The candidates will joust in a television debate.
Also, just.

Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME justen, jousten < OF juster, joster, jouster to tilt in the lists < VL *juxtāre to approach, clash, deriv. of L juxtā approaching, bordering; (n.) ME juste, jouste < OF juste, etc., deriv. of juster

Related forms:
jouster, noun
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joust   (joust, jŭst, jōōst)   
n.  
    1. A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.
    2. jousts A series of tilting matches; a tournament.
  2. A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances: a politician who relishes a joust with reporters.
intr.v.   joust·ed also just·ed, joust·ing also just·ing, jousts also justs
  1. To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.
  2. To engage in a personal combat or competition.

[Middle English, from Old French juste, from juster, to joust, from Vulgar Latin *iūxtāre, to be next to, from Latin iūxtā, close by; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
joust'er n.
just 1   (jŭst)   
adj.  
  1. Honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions: a just ruler. See Synonyms at fair1.
  2. Consistent with what is morally right; righteous: a just cause.
  3. Properly due or merited: just deserts.
  4. Law Valid within the law; lawful: just claims.
  5. Suitable or proper in nature; fitting: a just touch of solemnity.
  6. Based on fact or sound reason; well-founded: a just appraisal.
adv.   (jəst, jĭst; jŭst when stressed)
  1. Precisely; exactly: just enough salt.
  2. Only a moment ago: He just arrived.
  3. By a narrow margin; barely: just missed being hit; just caught the bus before it pulled away.
  4. At a little distance: just down the road.
  5. Merely; only: just a scratch.
  6. Simply; certainly: It's just beautiful!
  7. Perhaps; possibly: I just may go.

[Middle English juste, from Old French, from Latin iūstus; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.]
just'ly adv., just'ness n.
just 2   (jŭst)   
n.   & v.
Variant of joust.
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Just

Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. Injury, Judge, Jury, Giusto.]

1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things. "O just but severe law!" --Shak.

There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. -- Eccl. vii. 20.

Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. -- Lev. xix. 36.

How should man be just with God? -- Job ix. 2.

We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright. -- Shak.

2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.

Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope.

The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. -- Shak.

He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. --Bacon.

Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. -- Jer. Taylor.

When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array. -- Addison.

Their named alone would make a just volume. -- Burton.

3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.

Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. --Tillotson.

Just intonation. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. --H. W. Poole.

Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.

Just

Just\, adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.

And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden.

The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. --Sir P. Sidney.

To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. -- Shak.

2. Closely; nearly; almost.

Just at the point of death. -- Sir W. Temple.

3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.

A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. -- Dryden.

Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago.

Just

Just\, v. i. [See Joust.] To joust. --Fairfax.

Just

Just\, n. A joust. --Dryden.
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Language Translation for : just
Spanish: justo,
German: gerecht,
Japanese: 公正な
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just  (adj.)
1382, "righteous in the eyes of God, upright and impartial," from O.Fr. just, from L. justus "upright, equitable," from jus (gen. juris) "right," especially "legal right, law," from O.Latin ious, perhaps lit. "sacred formula," a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from PIE base *yewes- (cf. Avestan yaozda- "make ritually pure;" see jurist). The more mundane L. law-word lex covered specific laws as opposed to the body of laws.

just  (adv.)
"merely, barely," 1665, from M.E. sense of "exactly, punctually" (c.1400), from just (adj.). Just-so story first attested 1902 in Kipling.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: just
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin justus lawful, merited, from jus right, law
: conforming to law or to the underlying principles of law: as a : conforming to reason or a standard of correctness <just sanctions cannot be excessive in relation to the offense> b : conforming with what is deemed fair or good just> just> —just·ly adverb —just·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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just

In addition to the idioms beginning with just, also see all (just) the same; get it (you just don't); take it (just so much). Also see under justice.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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