just

See also Just, and júst

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒʌst/, X-SAMPA: /dZVst/

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• Rhymes: -ʌst

Etymology 1

From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iustus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from ius (“law, right”). Cognate with Dutch & Scottish juist, French juste etc.

Adjective

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

1. Factually fair; correct; proper.

   It is a just assessment of the facts.

2. Morally fair; upright; righteous, equitable.

   It looks like a just solution at first glance.

Synonyms

• fair
• upright
• righteous
• equitable

Antonyms

• unjust

Derived terms

• justly
• justness

Related terms

• justice

Translations

factually fair, correct

• Catalan: just (ca)
• Czech: správný (cs)
• Dutch: juist (nl), rechtmatig (nl), billijk (nl), eerlijk (nl), correct (nl)
• Finnish: oikea (fi)

• Macedonian: исправен (mk) (íspraven)
• Polish: dokładny (pl) m
• Russian: правильный (ru) (právil'nyj)
• Spanish: justo (es)

morally fair, righteous

• Arabic: عَدْل (ar)
• Armenian: արդար (hy) (ardar)
• Catalan: just (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正義 (cmn), 正义 (cmn) (zhèngyì), 公正 (cmn) (gōngzhèng)

• Czech: spravedlivý (cs)
• Dutch: juist (nl), rechtvaardig (nl), billijk (nl), gerechtig (nl)
• Esperanto: justa (eo)
• Finnish: oikeudenmukainen (fi), reilu (fi)
• French: juste (fr)
• Galician: xusto (gl)
• German: gerecht (de), berechtigt (de)

• Japanese: 公正な (ja) (こうせいな, kōsei-na)
• Luxembourgish: gerecht (lb)
• Macedonian: праведен (mk) (práveden)
• Norwegian: nettopp (no)
• Persian: عادل (fa), دادگر (fa), دادگری (fa) (dâdgari)
• Polish: sprawiedliwy (pl) m
• Russian: справедливый (ru) (spravedlívyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cothromach (gd)
• Swahili: adili (sw)
• Swedish: rättvis (sv)
• Turkish: adil (tr), adaletli (tr)

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• French: juste (fr)
• Greek: δίκαιος (el) (díkaios) m
• Ido: yusta
• Kurdish: دادمه‌ند
• Latin: iūstus (la)
• Latvian: taisnīgs

• Portuguese: justo (pt)
• Romanian: justă, dreaptă
• Slovene: pravičen
• Spanish: justo (es)
• Swedish: rättvis (sv)
• Vietnamese: công bằng (vi), xứng đáng (vi), đích đáng (vi), thích đáng (vi), chính đáng (vi), chính nghĩa (vi), hợp lẽ phải (vi), đúng (vi), đúng đắn (vi), có căn cứ (vi)

Adverb

just (not comparable)

1. Only, simply, merely.

   Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can, freeze, or dry them.

   He calls it vermillion, but it's just red to me.

2. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.

   Just follow the directions on the box.

3. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone

   I just called to say "hi".

4. (speech act) Used to show humility.

   Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name

5. Moments ago, recently

   They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.

6. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly

   The fastball just missed my head!

   The piece just might fit.

7. exactly, perfectly.

   He wants everything just right for the big day.

8. Precisely

Synonyms

• merely, simply

Derived terms

• just folks

Translations

only, simply, merely

• Arabic: فقط (ar) (fáqaT)
• Armenian: ուղղակի (hy) (uġġaki)
• Catalan: simplement (ca), només (ca), sols (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 就 (cmn) (jiù), 只是 (cmn) (zhǐshì)

• Czech: pouze (cs)
• Dutch: slechts (nl), enkel (nl), net (nl), gewoon (nl)
• Esperanto: nur (eo)
• Estonian: kõigest (et)
• Finnish: vain (fi)
• French: juste (fr), simplement (fr)
• German: einfach (de), nur (de)
• Greek: μόνο (el) (móno), απλώς (el) (aplós)
• Hindi: ज़रा (hi) (zarā)
• Hungarian: csak (hu)
• Ido: jus (io)
• Italian: solo (it)
• Japanese: 只 (ja) (ただ, tada), ただ (ja) (tada), ...に過ぎない (ja) (...にちがいない, -ni chigainai)
• Latvian: tikai (lv)

• Macedonian: само (mk) (sámo)
• Malay:

  Rumi: hanya (ms), cuma (ms)

  Jawi: هاڽ (ms), چوما (ms)

• Navajo: tʼóó
• Norwegian: bare (no), kun (no)
• Polish: tylko (pl), po prostu (pl)
• Portuguese: só (pt), somente (pt), simplesmente (pt), apenas (pt)
• Romanian: doar (ro), numai (ro)
• Russian: только (ru) (tól’ko)
• Scots: juist
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: само (sh)

  Roman: samo (sh)

• Slovene: samó (sl), lè (sl), zgòlj (sl)
• Spanish: sólo (es)
• Swedish: bara (sv)
• Urdu: ذرا (ur) (zarā)
• ǃXóõ: ǁʻáa

recently

• Armenian: նոր (hy) (nor)
• Catalan: acabar de (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剛剛 (cmn), 刚刚 (cmn) (gānggāng), 剛 (cmn), 刚 (cmn) (gāng), 剛才 (cmn), 刚才 (cmn) (gāngcái)

• Czech: právě (cs)
• Dutch: net (nl), onlangs (nl), pas (nl), zojuist (nl)
• Esperanto: ĵus (eo)
• Finnish: juuri (fi), juuri äsken (fi), äsken (fi), äskettäin (fi), vasta (fi), vastikään (fi)
• French: (verb) venir de (fr)
• German: gerade (de)
• Greek: μόλις (el) (mólis)
• Hungarian: éppen (hu)
• Icelandic: áðan (is)
• Italian: appena (it)
• Japanese: ばかり (ja) (bakari), ところ (ja) (tokoro)
• Latgalian: tik, tik tik, niu tik, tān tik, kū tik

• Latvian: tikko (lv)
• Macedonian: штотуку (mk) (štótuku), тукушто (mk) (túkušto)
• Malay:

  Rumi: baru (ms)

  Jawi: بارو (ms)

• Norwegian: nettopp (no)
• Polish: właśnie (pl)
• Portuguese: recentemente (pt), acabar de (pt)
• Romanian: tocmai (ro)
• Russian: только что (ru) (tól’ko što)
• Scots: juist
• Serbo-Croatian: upravo (sh), maloprije (sh),tek (sh)
• Slovene: rávnokar (sl), pràvkar (sl)
• Spanish: (verb) acabar de (es)
• Swedish: just (sv), precis (sv), nyss (sv)
• Welsh: newydd (cy)

nearly

• Catalan: just (ca)
• Czech: těsně (cs)
• Dutch: net (nl), juist (nl), nog net (nl), op een haar na (nl)
• Finnish: tuskin (fi), juuri ja juuri (fi)
• Latvian: tik tikko (lv), gandrīz (lv)

• Scots: juist
• Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: tijesno (sh), skoro (sh), zamalo (sh)
• Slovene: skôraj (sl)
• Swedish: precis (sv)

perfectly

• Catalan: just (ca)
• Czech: přesně (cs)
• Dutch: precies (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝuste (eo)
• Finnish: just (fi) (slang), täsmälleen (fi), tarkalleen (fi)
• Latvian: tieši (lv)

• Macedonian: токму (mk) (tókmu), баш (mk) (baš)
• Norwegian: nettopp (no)
• Polish: dokładnie (pl)
• Romanian: întocmai (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: upravo (sh), baš (sh), potpuno (sh), sasvim (sh)
• Swedish: precis (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• 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

just (plural justs)

1. A joust, tournament.

Verb

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

1. To joust, fight a tournament.

Translations

to fight a tournament — see joust

References

• just in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• just in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: found · people · still · #142: just · while · again · also

Anagrams

• juts

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin iūstus.

Adjective

just m (feminine justa, masculine plural justs or justos, feminine plural justes)

1. fair; just
2. perfectly, almost perfectly

Related terms

• injust
• injustament
• injustícia
• justament
• justícia
• preu just

Adverb

just

1. justly

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German

Adjective

just

1. (archaic) just

Synonyms

• gerade
• (archaic) justament

Usage notes

• just in dem Moment, als ... - just at the moment, as ...

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Latvian

Verb

just tr., 1st conj., pres. jūtu, jūti, jūt, past jutu

1. to feel

Conjugation

conjugation of just

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	jūtu	jutu	jutīšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	jūti	juti	jutīsi	jūti
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	jūt	juta	jutīs	lai jūt
1st pers. pl.	mēs	jūtam	jutām	jutīsim	jutīsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	jūtat	jutāt	jutīsiet, jutīsit	jūtiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	jūt	juta	jutīs	lai jūt
CONJUNCTIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	jūtot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		jūtošs
Past	esot jutis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		juzdams
Future	jutīšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		jūtot
Imperative	lai jūtot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		jūtam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		jutis
Present	justu		Present Passive		jūtams
Past	būtu jutis		Past Passive		justs
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jājūt		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		just
Conjunctive 1	esot jājūt		Negative Infinitive		nejust
Conjunctive 2	jājūtot		Verbal noun		jušana

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Old French

Verb

just

1. third-person singular past historic of gesir

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French juste.

Adjective

just

1. just, correct

Synonyms

• drept, adevărat, echitabil

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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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!