See also Just, and júst

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

< Middle English juste < Old French juste < Latin iustus (“‘just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate’”) < ius (“‘law, right’”).

cognate with Dutch & Scotish juist, French juste etc.

Adjective

just (comparative more just or juster, superlative most just or justest)

Positive just

Comparative more just or juster

Superlative most just or justest
  1. factually fair; correct; proper.
    It is a just assesment of the facts.
  2. morally fair; upright; righteous, equitable.
    It looks like a just solution at first glance.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Related terms

Translations
factually fair, correct
morally fair, righteous
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  • Latin: iustus la(la)
  • Latvian: taisnīgs
  • Polish: sprawiedliwy
  • Portuguese: justo pt(pt)
  • Romanian: justă, dreaptă
  • Slovene: pravičen m., pravična f., pravično n.
  • Spanish: justo es(es)
  • Swedish: rättvis sv(sv)
  • Vietnamese: công bằng, xứng đáng, đích đáng, thích đáng, chính đáng, chính nghĩa, hợp lẽ phải, đúng, đúng đắn, có căn cứ

Adverb

just

  1. Only, simply, merely
    Just follow the directions on the box.
    Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can, freeze, or dry them.
  2. Moments ago, recently
    They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.
  3. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly
    The fastball just missed my head!
    The piece just might fit.
  4. exactly, perfectly
    He wants everything just right for the big day.

Synonyms

Translations
only, simply, merely
  • Dutch: slechts nl(nl), enkel nl(nl), net nl(nl), gewoon nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: nur eo(eo)
  • Estonian: kõigest et(et)
  • Finnish: vain fi(fi)
  • French: juste fr(fr), simplement fr(fr)
  • German: einfach de(de), nur de(de)
  • Greek: μόνο el(el), απλώς el(el)
  • Japanese: 只 (ただ, tada)
  • Latvian: tikai
  • Portuguese: só pt(pt), somente pt(pt), simplesmente pt(pt)
  • Romanian: doar ro(ro)
  • Russian: толко ru(ru) (tolko)
  • Scots: juist
  • Serbian: samo sr(sr)
  • Slovene: samo, le, zgolj
  • Spanish: sólo es(es)
  • Swedish: bara sv(sv)
recently
nearly
perfectly
  • Norwegian: nettopp no(no)
  • Romanian: întocmai
  • Swedish: precis sv(sv)
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  • Vietnamese: đúng, chính, vừa đúng, vừa đủ, vừa kịp, vừa mới, chỉ, hoàn toàn, thật đúng là, một chút, một tí, thử xem

Etymology 2

variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta 'near, besides'

Noun

Singular just

Plural justs

just (plural justs)

  1. A joust, tournament

Verb

Infinitive to just

Third person singular justs

Simple past justed

Past participle justed

Present participle justing

to just (third-person singular simple present justs, present participle justing, simple past and past participle justed)

  1. To joust, fight a tournament

Translations

References

Catalan

Adjective

just

  1. fair

German

Adjective

just archaic

  1. just

Synonyms

Usage notes

Latvian

Verb

just

  1. To feel

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adverb

just

  1. just; quite recently; only moments ago
  2. just; only, simply
  3. exactly, precisely
    Just nu = Right now (At this precise moment)
    Det var just vad jag ville ha! = That's exactly what I wanted!

 

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