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- Dictionaryjust/dʒʌst/
adjective
- 1. based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair: "a just and democratic society" Similar fairfair-mindedequitableeven-handedimpartialunbiasedobjectiveneutraldisinterestedunprejudicedopen-mindednon-partisannon-discriminatoryanti-discriminationhonourableuprightupstandingdecenthonestrighteousethicalmoralvirtuousprincipledfull of integritygoodright-mindedstraightreasonablescrupuloustrustworthyincorruptibletruthfulsincereinformal:squareOpposite unjustunfair
- ▪ (of treatment) deserved or appropriate in the circumstances: "we all get our just deserts" Similar deservedwell deservedwell earnedmeritedearnedrightfuldueproperfittingappropriateaptsuitablebefittingformal:condignarchaic:meetOpposite undeserved
- ▪ (of an opinion or appraisal) well founded; justifiable: "these simplistic approaches have been the subject of just criticism" Similar validsoundwell foundedwell groundedjustifiedjustifiablewarrantedwarrantabledefensibledefendablelegitimatereasonablelogicalrare:vindicableOpposite unfairwrongful
adverb
- 1. exactly: "that's just what I need" Similar exactlypreciselyabsolutelycompletelytotallyentirelyperfectlyutterlywhollythoroughlyaltogetherin every wayin every respectin all respectsquiteinformal:down to the groundto a Tbang ondeadon the money
- ▪ exactly or almost exactly at this or that moment: "she's just coming"
- 2. very recently; in the immediate past: "I've just seen the local paper" Similar a moment agoa second agoa short time agovery recentlynot long agolatelyonly now
- 3. barely; by a little: "inflation fell to just over 4 per cent" Similar by a narrow marginnarrowlyonly justby inchesby a hair's breadthby the narrowest of marginsbarelyscarcelyhardlyinformal:by the skin of one's teethby a whisker
- 4. simply; only; no more than: "just a bad day in the office" Similar onlymerelysimplybutnothing butno more thanat bestat mostaloneto the exclusion of everyone/everything elseand no one elseand nothing elsenobbutinformal:sommer
- ▪ really; absolutely (used for emphasis): "they're just great" Similar reallyabsolutelycompletelyentirelytotallyaltogetherpositivelyquiteone hundred per centindeedtruly
- ▪ used as a polite formula for giving permission or making a request: "just help yourselves"
- ▪ possibly (used to indicate a slight chance of something happening or being true): "it might just help"
- 5. expressing agreement: "‘Simon really messed things up.’ ‘Didn't he just?’"
Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin justus, from jus ‘law, right’.
Derivatives
- 1. justness noun
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