adjective
1.
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.
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.
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14.
just so, neat and tidy; carefully arranged: My mother-in-law is very fussy; everything has to be placed just so.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Latin jūstus righteous, equivalent to jūs law, right + -tus adj. suffix
1325–75; Middle English < Latin jūstus righteous, equivalent 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.
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.
1. biased. 4. untrue. 5. unjustified.
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| just | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | a. fair or impartial in action or judgment |
| b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the just | |
| 2. | conforming to high moral standards; honest |
| 3. | consistent with justice: a just action |
| 4. | rightly applied or given; deserved: a just reward |
| 5. | legally valid; lawful: a just inheritance |
| 6. | well-founded; reasonable: just criticism |
| 7. | correct, accurate, or true: a just account |
| —adv | |
| 8. | used with forms of have to indicate an action performed in the very recent past: I have just closed the door |
| 9. | at this very instant: he's just coming in to land |
| 10. | no more than; merely; only: just an ordinary car |
| 11. | exactly; precisely: that's just what I mean |
| 12. | by a small margin; barely: he just got there in time |
| 13. | (intensifier): it's just wonderful to see you |
| 14. | informal indeed; with a vengeance: isn't it just |
| 15. | just about |
| a. at the point of starting (to do something) | |
| b. very nearly; almost: I've just about had enough | |
| 16. | just a moment, just a second, just a minute an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time |
| 17. | just now |
| a. a very short time ago | |
| b. at this moment | |
| c. informal (South African) in a little while | |
| 18. | just on having reached exactly: it's just on five o'clock |
| 19. | just so |
| a. an expression of complete agreement or of unwillingness to dissent | |
| b. arranged with precision | |
| [C14: from Latin jūstus righteous, from jūs justice] | |
| usage 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 | |
| 'justly | |
| —adv | |
| 'justness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
just
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
"merely, barely," 1665, from M.E. sense of "exactly, punctually" (c.1400), from just (adj.). Just-so story first attested 1902 in Kipling.
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Idioms & Phrases
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.
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Example sentences
The supposedly more reliable Iridian eye-scanners, meanwhile, correctly verified someone's identity just 94 percent of the time.
We have just begun to see the effects of human-induced climate change.
But from there I just got carried away with the flow.
She's a fine girl, but I've given her just as much as she has me.
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