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just
1[ juhst ]
adjective
- guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness:
We hope to be just in our understanding of such difficult situations.
Synonyms: impartial, fair, equitable, upright
Antonyms: biased
- done or made according to principle; equitable; proper:
a just reply.
- based on right; rightful; lawful:
a just claim.
Synonyms: legal, legitimate
- in keeping with truth or fact; true; correct:
a just analysis.
Synonyms: honest, exact, accurate
Antonyms: untrue
- given or awarded rightly; deserved, as a sentence, punishment, or reward:
a just penalty.
Synonyms: due, apt, suited, condign, appropriate
Antonyms: unjustified
- in accordance with standards or requirements; proper or right:
just proportions.
- (especially in Biblical use) righteous.
- actual, real, or genuine.
adverb
- within a brief preceding time; but a moment before:
The sun just came out.
- exactly or precisely:
This is just what I mean.
- by a narrow margin; barely:
The arrow just missed the mark.
- only or merely:
He was just a clerk until he became ambitious.
- actually; really; positively:
The weather is just glorious.
just
2[ juhst ]
noun
just
adjective
- 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
- 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
- just about
- at the point of starting (to do something)
- very nearly; almost
I've just about had enough
- just a moment or just a second or just a minutean expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
- just now
- a very short time ago
- at this moment
- in a little while
- just onhaving reached exactly
it's just on five o'clock
- just so
- an expression of complete agreement or of unwillingness to dissent
- arranged with precision
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈjustly, adverb
- ˈjustness, noun
Other Words From
- juster noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of just1
Word History and Origins
Origin of just1
Idioms and Phrases
- just so, neat and tidy; carefully arranged:
My mother-in-law is very fussy; everything has to be placed just so.
More idioms and phrases containing just
- all (just) the same
- get it (you just don't)
- take it (just so much)
- justice
Example Sentences
In the just-released USA Today/Suffolk poll, Roberts trails his opponent by five points.
A just-published study in the journal Nature explored how mice reacted to a diet of artificial sweeteners.
Pamphlets were venues for advocacy and commentary on domestic affairs, but newspapers adopted a pose of just-the-facts neutrality.
(Complete CPAC Coverage) A couple of speakers later, Mike Huckabee revved up the crowd with his just-plain-folks sermonizing.
So every bottle of rowanberry schnaps you see began with thousands of hand-harvest, just-frosted rowanberries.
"Sure," grinned Stanton, with all the deceptive, undauntable optimism of the Just-Awakened.
It is served by a ministerial-looking butler and a just-ready-to-be-ordained footman.
Till now one with sudden hiss: "But-good Christ-just look-why, the roof's leaning—!"
In it were included the names of his brother, of Couthon, and of Saint-Just.
We hurried back for them, forgetting that we had promised ourselves a long just-us talk to bridge the months of separation.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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