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just

See also: Just, júst, and Júst

EnglishEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

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.

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AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. Factually right, correct; factual.
    It is a just assessment of the facts.
  2. Rationally right, correct.
  3. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
    It looks like a just solution at first glance.
    • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      My lord, we know your grace to be a man
      Just and upright.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 4:1:
      Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
    • 1744, Alexander Shiels [i.e., Alexander Shields], “Period VI. Containing the Testimony through the Continued Tract of the Present Deformation, from the Year 1660 to this Day.”, in A Hind Let Loose: Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ; with the True State thereof in All Its Periods: [...], Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, and sold by William Gray bookbinder in the Grassmarket, and several others, &c., →OCLC, pages 167–168:
      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.
    • 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “chapter 23”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:
      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.
  4. Proper, adequate.
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AdverbEdit

just (not comparable)

  1. Only, simply, merely.
    Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them.
    He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      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.
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      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.
    • 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
      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.
  2. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
    Just follow the directions on the box.
  3. Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
    I just called to say "hi".
  4. Used to show humility.
    Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name.
  5. (degree) absolutely, positively
    It is just splendid!
  7. Moments ago, recently.
    They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      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.
  8. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
    The fastball just missed my head!
    The piece just might fit.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess‎[1]:
      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.
  9. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
    He wants everything just right for the big day.
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just

  1. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.

Etymology 2Edit

Variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta (“near, besides”).

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NounEdit

just (plural justs)

  1. A joust, tournament.
    • 1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 11, in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle‎[2], 1st edition, page 139:
      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.

VerbEdit

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

  1. To joust, fight a tournament.
TranslationsEdit
to fight a tournament — see joust

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Old Catalan just, from Latin iūstus.

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

  1. fair; just
    Antonym: injust
  2. perfect, almost perfect

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just

  1. justly

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German just or Swedish just. Possibly from German just. See also justament.

AdverbEdit

just

  1. exactly, precisely, just
    Sa tulid just parajal ajal.
    You came just at the right time.
  2. recently, just now, just
    Ma jõudsin just koju.
    I just got home.
  3. really (softens what has been said)
    Ta pole just töökas mees.
    He isn't much of a worker.

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Swedish just.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjust/, [ˈjus̠t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ust
  • Syllabification(key): just

AdverbEdit

just

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) just, exactly, precisely, perfectly
    Just niin siinä kävi.
    That's exactly what happened.
  2. (colloquial) recently, just now
    Se oli just tässä.
    He was here just a minute ago.

InterjectionEdit

just

  1. (colloquial) I see, uh-huh, oh well
    Just. Se oli sitten siinä.
    Oh well, I guess that's it for that then.

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adverb:

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin iūstus, jūstus.

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just

  1. just, right, correct, proper
  2. exact
  3. adequate
  4. apt

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin iūste, iūstus.

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just

  1. (higher register) just
    Synonyms: gerade, (archaic) justament
    just in dem Moment als… ― just at the moment as…

Further readingEdit

  • “just” in Duden online
  • “just” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

LatvianEdit

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

  1. to feel (to perceive with one's sense organs)
    just aukstumu, karstumu, sāpes ― to feel cold, heat, pain
    tā, ka nejūt zemi zem kājām ― such that s/he doesn't feel the earth under his/her feet (= very fast)
  2. to sense
  3. to palp
  4. to have a sensation

ConjugationEdit

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
RENARRATIVE (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 FrenchEdit

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just

  1. third-person singular past historic of gesir

RomagnolEdit

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just m pl

  1. masculine plural of jóst

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French juste, Latin jūstus, iūstus.

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just m or n (feminine singular justă, masculine plural juști, feminine and neuter plural juste)

  1. just, correct

DeclensionEdit

Declension of just
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite just justă juști juste
definite justul justa juștii justele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite just juste juști juste
definite justului justei juștilor justelor

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just (not comparable)

  1. just; quite recently; only moments ago
  2. just; only, simply
  3. exactly, precisely
    just nu ― right now
    Det var just vad jag ville ha!
    That's just what I wanted!

DescendantsEdit

  • → Finnish: just
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