English Explanatory Dictionary

just

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Factually right, correct; factual.
  2. Rationally right, correct.
  3. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
  4. Proper, adequate.
adv
  1. Only, simply, merely.
  2. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
  3. Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
  4. Used to increase the force of an imperative; simply, without questioning.
  5. Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
  6. Absolutely, positively
  7. Barely, hardly, scarcely.
  8. Moments ago, only very recently.
  9. By a narrow margin; closely; narrowly; almost not.
  10. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
intj
  1. Expressing dismay or discontent.
noun
  1. A joust, tournament.
verb
  1. To joust, fight a tournament.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒʌst/ En-us-just.ogg [d͡ʒʌst] [d͡ʒʌs] [d͡ʒəs] /d͡ʒʊst/ /d͡ʒɛst/ /d͡ʒɪst/ /d͡ʒəs(t)/

Word forms

just juster more just justest most just jes jes' jest jist jus' iust j justs justing justed

Etymology

From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.

Synonyms

right correct righteous equitable proper adequate simply freshly lately newly hardly narrowly scarcely smack-dab merely barely on the dot

Antonyms

unjust

Related words

justice

Derived words

just cause just compensation just deserts just intonation justly justness just reward just-world fallacy just-world hypothesis overjust sleep of the just a cigar is just a cigar age is just a number denial ain't just a river in Egypt denial is not just a river in Egypt denial isn't just a river in Egypt die just how one lived die just like one lived die just the way one lived I just work here is it just me is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me it is always darkest just before the dawn it is darkest just before the dawn it is not just you just about just a minute just another pretty face just a sec just a second just as soon as just assume just as well just because just curious just ducky just enough just folks just friends just gone just in just in case just in time just-in-time just kidding just like that just my luck just now just on just one of those things just plain folks just saying just say no just shoot me just so just-so story just then just the same just the ticket just what the doctor ordered

Translations

Bashkir: дөрөҫ Bulgarian: верен Bulgarian: точен Catalan: just Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎦᏔ Chinese Mandarin: 準確 /准确 Czech: správný Dutch: juist Dutch: rechtmatig Dutch: billijk Dutch: eerlijk Dutch: correct Estonian: õiglane Estonian: aus Estonian: siiras Finnish: oikea Friulian: just Galician: xusto Georgian: მართალი Georgian: სწორი Georgian: სამართლიანი German: angemessen Greek: δίκαιος Ancient Greek: δίκαιος Hebrew: מדויק Hebrew: נכון Hindi: न्यायोचित Hungarian: helyes Hungarian: helytálló Latin: iūstus Macedonian: исправен Māori: heipū Norwegian: riktig Polish: dokładny Portuguese: justo Russian: пра́вильный Russian: безоши́бочный Russian: ве́рный Russian: то́чный Russian: справедли́вый Spanish: justo Tamil: சரியான Vietnamese: chính xác Vietnamese: đúng Vietnamese: đúng đắn Albanian: vetëm Arabic: فَقَط Arabic: بس Armenian: ուղղակի Azerbaijani: sadəcə Azerbaijani: təkcə Bulgarian: само Bulgarian: едва Catalan: simplement Catalan: només Catalan: sols Catalan: just Chickasaw: illa Chickasaw: pilla Chinese Mandarin: 就 Chinese Mandarin: 只是 Czech: pouze Czech: těsně Danish: bare Danish: blot Danish: kun Danish: lige Danish: akkurat Dutch: slechts Dutch: enkel Dutch: net Dutch: gewoon Dutch: maar Dutch: juist Dutch: nog net Dutch: op een haar na Esperanto: nur Estonian: kõigest Estonian: lihtsalt Estonian: vaid Estonian: napilt Finnish: vain Finnish: ainoastaan Finnish: pelkästään Finnish: hädin tuskin Finnish: tuskin Finnish: juuri ja juuri French: juste French: simplement Friulian: juste Georgian: მხოლოდ Georgian: უბრალოდ Georgian: ძლივს German: nur German: einfach German: bloß German: einfach nur German: geradeso Greek: μόνο Greek: απλώς Ancient Greek: μόνον Hebrew: רק Hindi: केवल Hungarian: csak Hungarian: éppen csak hogy Hungarian: épp csak Icelandic: bara Ido: jus Ingrian: vaa Ingrian: ikkee Ingrian: aima Istriot: sulo Italian: solo Japanese: 只 Japanese: ただ Japanese: に過ぎない Khmer: តែ Latgalian: tik Latgalian: viņ Latgalian: tikai Latin: modo Latin: sōlum
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