just
Part of speech: adj
adv
intj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-
Proto-Indo-European *-u
Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu
Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos
Proto-Italic *jowos
Old Latin *iowos, *iowez-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Old Latin -tus
Old Latin iovestos
Latin iūstus
Old French justebor.
Middle English juste
English just
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.
Inflected forms:
form: juster
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more just
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: justest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most just
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: jes
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: jes'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: jest
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: jist
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: jus'
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: iust
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: j
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: js
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: jes
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: jes'
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: jest
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: jist
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: jus'
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: iust
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: j
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: js
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: jes
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: jes'
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: jest
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: jist
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: jus'
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: iust
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: j
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: js
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: justs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: justs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: justing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: justed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: justed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Factually right, correct; factual.
pos: adj
examples: It is a just assessment of the facts.
gloss: Rationally right, correct.
pos: adj
gloss: Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
pos: adj
examples: It looks like a just solution at first glance.
My lord, we know your grace to be a man
Just and upright.
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.
Looking back over my previously written account of these things, I must insist that I have been altogether juster to Cavor than he has been to me.
gloss: Proper, adequate.
pos: adj
gloss: Only, simply, merely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Just plant a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them.
He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me.
Philander went into the next room, which was just a lean-to hitched on to the end of the shanty, and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.
gloss: Only, simply, merely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I spent two hours cooking my favorite recipe, just to burn the rice and ruin the meal.
I helped him out, just for him to betray me.
gloss: Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Just follow the directions on the box.
gloss: Used to increase the force of an imperative; simply, without questioning.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I'm tired of playing games – just get it done.
gloss: Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I just called to say "hi".
gloss: Absolutely, positively.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: It is just splendid!
just fine
gloss: Barely, hardly, scarcely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.
Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel[…]. Next he put the mackerel in a fry-pan, and the shanty began to smell like a Banks boat just in from a v'yage.
gloss: Barely, hardly, scarcely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The fastball just missed my head!
The fire department arrived just in time.
The piece just might fit.
Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
gloss: Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: He wants everything just right for the big day.
And having just enough, not covet more.
The god Pan […] guided my hand so just to the heart of the beast.
To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
gloss: Expressing dismay or discontent.
pos: intj
tags: slang
gloss: A joust, tournament.
pos: noun
examples: Justs and tilts were held here weekly, while the great tourneys that occurred less often were given upon a field outside the castle wall upon the floor of the valley.
gloss: To joust, fight a tournament.
pos: verb
examples: He iusts with her vnknowne whom he lou’d best, [...].
Synonyms: right
correct
righteous
equitable
proper
adequate
simply
freshly
lately
newly
hardly
narrowly
scarcely
smack-dab
merely
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
just wondering
just yet
just you wait
my very easy method just speeds up naming planets
my very educated mother just served us nachos
my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
my very educated mother just served us noodles
my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
not just another pretty face
not just a pretty face
only just
over-just
shit just got real
so crazy it just might work
so crazy it might just work
sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
that's just me
the darkest hour is always just before the dawn
the darkest hour is just before the dawn
this just in
you just had to
Translations:
lang: Bashkir
word: дөрөҫ
roman: döröś
lang: Bulgarian
word: верен
roman: veren
lang: Bulgarian
word: точен
roman: točen
lang: Catalan
word: just
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏚᏳᎦᏔ
roman: duyukta
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 準確 /准确
roman: zhǔnquè
lang: Czech
word: správný
lang: Dutch
word: juist
lang: Dutch
word: rechtmatig
lang: Dutch
word: billijk
lang: Dutch
word: eerlijk
lang: Dutch
word: correct
lang: Estonian
word: õiglane
lang: Estonian
word: aus
lang: Estonian
word: siiras
lang: Finnish
word: oikea
lang: Friulian
word: just
lang: Galician
word: xusto
lang: Georgian
word: მართალი
roman: martali
lang: Georgian
word: სწორი
roman: sc̣ori
lang: Georgian
word: სამართლიანი
roman: samartliani
lang: German
word: angemessen
lang: Greek
word: δίκαιος
roman: díkaios
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δίκαιος
roman: díkaios
lang: Hebrew
word: מדויק
roman: meduyák
lang: Hebrew
word: נכון
roman: nakhón
lang: Hindi
word: न्यायोचित
roman: nyāyocit
lang: Hungarian
word: helyes
lang: Hungarian
word: helytálló
lang: Latin
word: iūstus
lang: Macedonian
word: исправен
roman: ispraven
lang: Māori
word: heipū
lang: Norwegian
word: riktig
lang: Polish
word: dokładny
lang: Portuguese
word: justo
lang: Russian
word: пра́вильный
roman: právilʹnyj
lang: Russian
word: безоши́бочный
roman: bezošíbočnyj
lang: Russian
word: ве́рный
roman: vérnyj
lang: Russian
word: то́чный
roman: tóčnyj
lang: Russian
word: справедли́вый
roman: spravedlívyj
lang: Spanish
word: justo
lang: Tamil
word: சரியான
roman: cariyāṉa
lang: Vietnamese
word: chính xác
lang: Vietnamese
word: đúng
lang: Vietnamese
word: đúng đắn
lang: Albanian
word: vetëm
lang: Arabic
word: فَقَط
roman: faqaṭ
lang: Arabic
word: بس
roman: bas
lang: Armenian
word: ուղղակի
roman: uġġaki
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sadəcə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təkcə
lang: Bulgarian
word: само
roman: samo
lang: Catalan
word: simplement
lang: Catalan
word: només
lang: Catalan
word: sols
lang: Chickasaw
word: illa
lang: Chickasaw
word: pilla
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 就
roman: jiù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 只是
roman: zhǐshì
lang: Czech
word: pouze
lang: Danish
word: bare
lang: Danish
word: blot
lang: Danish
word: kun
lang: Danish
word: lige
lang: Dutch
word: slechts
lang: Dutch
word: enkel
lang: Dutch
word: net
lang: Dutch
word: gewoon
lang: Dutch
word: maar
lang: Esperanto
word: nur
lang: Estonian
word: kõigest
lang: Estonian
word: lihtsalt
lang: Estonian
word: vaid
lang: Finnish
word: vain
lang: Finnish
word: ainoastaan
lang: Finnish
word: pelkästään
lang: French
word: juste
lang: French
word: simplement
lang: Friulian
word: juste
lang: Georgian
word: მხოლოდ
roman: mxolod
lang: Georgian
word: უბრალოდ
roman: ubralod
lang: German
word: nur
lang: German
word: einfach
lang: German
word: bloß
lang: Greek
word: μόνο
roman: móno
lang: Greek
word: απλώς
roman: aplós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μόνον
roman: mónon
lang: Hebrew
word: רק
roman: rak
lang: Hindi
word: केवल
roman: keval
lang: Hungarian
word: csak
lang: Icelandic
word: bara
lang: Ido
word: jus
lang: Ingrian
word: vaa
lang: Ingrian
word: ikkee
lang: Ingrian
word: aima
lang: Istriot
word: sulo
lang: Italian
word: solo
lang: Japanese
word: 只
roman: tada
lang: Japanese
word: ただ
roman: tada
lang: Japanese
word: に過ぎない
roman: ni suginai
lang: Khmer
word: តែ
roman: tae
lang: Latgalian
word: tik
lang: Latgalian
word: viņ
lang: Latgalian
word: tikai
lang: Latin
word: modo
lang: Latin
word: sōlum
lang: Latvian
word: tikai
lang: Low German
word: blot
lang: Low German
word: blots
lang: Low German
word: man
lang: Macedonian
word: само
roman: samo
lang: Malay
word: هاڽ
lang: Malay
word: چوما
lang: Malay
word: hanya
lang: Malay
word: cuma
lang: Māori
word: kātahi
lang: Navajo
word: tʼóó
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bare
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kun
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: berre
lang: Ojibwe
word: eta
lang: Old English
word: efn
lang: Plautdietsch
word: blooss
lang: Polish
word: tylko
lang: Polish
word: po prostu
lang: Portuguese
word: só
lang: Portuguese
word: somente
lang: Portuguese
word: simplesmente
lang: Portuguese
word: apenas
lang: Romanian
word: doar
lang: Romanian
word: numai
lang: Russian
word: то́лько
roman: tólʹko
lang: Russian
word: лишь
roman: lišʹ
lang: Russian
word: про́сто
roman: prósto
lang: Russian
word: всего́ лишь
roman: vsevó lišʹ
lang: Scots
word: juist
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: само
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: samo
lang: Slovene
word: samó
lang: Slovene
word: lè
lang: Slovene
word: zgòlj
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: jano
lang: Spanish
word: sólo
lang: Spanish
word: apenas
lang: Spanish
word: solamente
lang: Spanish
word: simplemente
lang: Spanish
word: tan solo
lang: Swedish
word: bara
lang: Tamil
word: சும்மா
roman: cummā
lang: Tamil
word: தான்
roman: tāṉ
lang: Thai
word: แค่
roman: kɛ̂ɛ
lang: Turkish
word: sadece
lang: Turkish
word: yalnızca
lang: Urdu
word: ذرا
roman: zarā
lang: Urdu
word: بس
roman: bas
lang: Urdu
word: خالی
roman: xālī
lang: Urdu
word: صرف
roman: sirf
lang: Vietnamese
word: chỉ
lang: ǃXóõ
word: ǁʻáa
lang: German
word: einfach nur
lang: Bulgarian
word: едва
roman: edva
lang: Czech
word: těsně
lang: Danish
word: akkurat
lang: Dutch
word: nog net
lang: Dutch
word: op een haar na
lang: Estonian
word: napilt
lang: Finnish
word: hädin tuskin
lang: Finnish
word: tuskin
lang: Finnish
word: juuri ja juuri
lang: Georgian
word: ძლივს
roman: ʒlivs
lang: German
word: geradeso
lang: Hungarian
word: éppen csak hogy
lang: Hungarian
word: épp csak
lang: Latvian
word: tik tikko
lang: Latvian
word: gandrīz
lang: Persian
word: جخت
roman: jaxt
lang: Portuguese
word: por pouco
lang: Russian
word: едва́
roman: jedvá
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: air èiginn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tijesno
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: skoro
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zamalo
lang: Slovene
word: skôraj
lang: Swedish
word: precis
lang: Turkish
word: kıl payıyla
lang: Turkish
word: ucu ucuna
lang: Vietnamese
word: chỉ vừa
lang: Vietnamese
word: vừa đúng
lang: Vietnamese
word: vừa đủ
lang: Vietnamese
word: vừa kịp