just

See also Just, and júst

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʤʌst/, 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 & Scotish 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, rechtmatig (nl), billijk, eerlijk, correct, Finnish: oikea (fi)

Polish: dokładny (pl) m. Russian: правильный (ru) (právil'nyj) Spanish: justo (es) m.

morally fair, righteous

Arabic: عَدْل (ar) Armenian: արդար (hy) (ardar) Catalan: just (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 正義 (zh), 正义 (zh) (zhèngyì), 公正 (zh) (gōngzhèng) Czech: spravedlivý (cs) Dutch: juist, rechtvaardig (nl), billijk, gerechtig 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) 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) m. Ido: yusta Kurdish: دادمه‌ند Latin: iustus (la) Latvian: taisnīgs

Portuguese: justo (pt) Romanian: justă, dreaptă Slovene: pravičen m., pravična f., pravično n. Spanish: justo (es) Swedish: rättvis (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 (not comparable)

1. Only, simply, merely

   Just follow the directions on the box.

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

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

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

• merely, simply

Translations

only, simply, merely

Arabic: فقط (ar) (fáqaT) Armenian: ուղղակի (hy) (uġġaki) Catalan: simplement (ca), només (ca), sols (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 就 (zh) (jiù), 只是 (zh) (zhǐshì) Croatian: samo (hr) 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), απλώς (el) Hindi: ज़रा (hi) (zarā) Hungarian: csak (hu) Ido: jus (io)

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 Navajo: tʼóó Norwegian: kun (no), bare (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 Serbian: samo (sr) Slovene: samo, le, zgolj Spanish: sólo (es) Swedish: bara (sv) Urdu: ذرا (ur) (zarā) !Xóõ: ǁʻáa

recently

Armenian: նոր (hy) (nor) Catalan: acabar de (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 剛剛 (zh), 刚刚 (zh) (gānggāng), 剛 (zh), 刚 (zh) (gāng), 剛才 (zh), 刚才 (zh) (gāngcái) Croatian: upravo (hr), maloprije (hr) Czech: právě (cs) Dutch: net (nl), onlangs (nl), pas (nl), zojuist (nl) Esperanto: ĵus (eo) Finnish: juuri, juuri äsken, äsken, äskettäin, vasta (fi), vastikään (fi) French: venir de (verb) German: gerade (de) Greek: μόλις (el) Icelandic: áðan (is)

Japanese: ばかり (ja) (bakari), ところ (ja) (tokoro) Latvian: tikko Norwegian: nettopp (no) Polish: właśnie (pl) Portuguese: recentemente (pt) Romanian: tocmai Russian: только что (ru) (tól’ko što) Scots: juist Serbian: tek (sr) Slovene: ravnokar Spanish: acabar de (verb) Swedish: just (sv), precis (sv) Welsh: newydd (cy)

nearly

Catalan: just (ca) Croatian: tijesno (hr), skoro (hr), zamalo (hr) 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, gandrīz

Scots: juist Scottish Gaelic: air èiginn (gd) Serbian: skoro (sr) Slovene: skoraj (sl) Swedish: precis (sv)

perfectly

Catalan: just (ca) Croatian: upravo (hr), baš (hr), potpuno (hr), sasvim (hr) Czech: přesně (cs) Dutch: precies (nl) Esperanto: ĝuste (eo) Finnish: just (slang), täsmälleen, tarkalleen

Latvian: tieši Norwegian: nettopp (no) Polish: dokładnie (pl) Romanian: întocmai Swedish: precis (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

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

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 archaic

1. just

Synonyms

• gerade
• (archaic) justament

Usage notes

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

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Latvian

Verb

just (third-person present tense jūt, third-person past tense juta)

1. to feel

Conjugation

conjugation of just

infinitive (nenoteiksme)			just
		singular (vienskaitlis)			plural (daudzskaitlis)
		1st person (pirmā persona)	2nd person (otrā persona)	3rd person (trešā persona)	1st person (pirmā persona)	2nd person (otrā persona)	3rd person (trešā persona)
indicative (īstenības izteiksme)		es	tu	viņš / viņa	mēs	jūs	viņi / viņas
	present (tagadne)	jūtu	jūti	jūt	jūtam	jūtat	jūt
	past (pagātne)	jutu	juti	juta	jutām	jutāt	juta
	future (nākotne)	jutīšu	jutīsi	jutīs	jutīsim	jutīsiet, jutīsit	jutīs
imperative (pavēles izteiksme)		-	(tu)	viņš / viņa	mēs	(jūs)	viņi / viņas
		—	jūti	lai jūt	jutīsim	jūtiet	lai jūt
subjunctive (vēlējuma izteiksme)		es	tu	viņš / viņa	mēs	jūs	viņi / viņas
		justu	justu	justu	justu	justu	justu
relative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)		es	tu	viņš / viņa	mēs	jūs	viņi / viņas
	present (tagadne)	jūtot	jūtot	jūtot	jūtot	jūtot	jūtot
	future (nākotne)	jutīšot	jutīšot	jutīšot	jutīšot	jutīšot	jutīšot
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)		man	tev	viņam / viņai	mums	jums	viņiem / viņām
		jājūt	jājūt	jājūt	jājūt	jājūt	jājūt

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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!