1. (adv.)just within a brief preceding time; but a moment before: The sun just came out.
2. just exactly or precisely: That's just what I mean.
3. just by a narrow margin; barely: just over six feet tall.
4. just only or merely: I was just a child. Don't just sit there.
5. just at this moment: The movie is just ending.
6. just simply: We'll just have to wait and see.
7. just quite; really; positively.
8. (adj.)just guided by reason, justice, and fairness.
9. just done or made according to principle; equitable: a just reply.
10. just based on right; lawful: a just claim.
11. just in keeping with truth or fact; true; correct: a just analysis.
12. just given or awarded rightly; deserved: a just punishment.
13. just in accordance with standards or requirements; proper or right: just proportions.
14. just (esp. in Biblical use) righteous.
15. just actual, real, or genuine.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L jūstus lawful, deserved, just, adj. der. of jūs law, right)
Definition of 'Just'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)just used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
2. (adj)equitable, just fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
3. (adj)fair, just free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
4. (adverb)good, just, upright of moralexcellence "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"
5. (adverb)merely, simply, just, only, but and nothingmore "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
6. (adverb)precisely, exactly, just indicating exactness or preciseness "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
7. (adverb)just, just now only a moment ago "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out"
8. (adverb)just, simply absolutely "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"
9. (adverb)barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce only a very shorttime before "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
10. (adverb)just exactly at this moment or the moment described "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them";
1. (adverb)just exactly That's just what I was looking for.; just the way we expected
2. just by a little I walked in just before Miriam.; just over 20,000 people
3. just just in time at the lastpossibletime before it was too late The cab pulled up just in time.
4. just only just almost not I only just remembered in time.
5. just very recently I just saw her outside.
6. just at this moment; = now I'm just on the last page.; He was just going to call her.
7. just just as ... used with adjective and adverbs to mean equally It's just as beautiful as the pictures.; This government is just as corrupt.; The food is good, and just as importantly, the prices are good too.
8. just not more or more important and not less; = only I'll just be a minute.; It was just a joke.; He's not just another teacher - he's something special.
9. just just about almost just about 5% of the vote; The coffee's just about gone.
10. just just a minute/second/moment used to ask sb politely to wait or stop what they are doing Just a minute - I'm coming.; Just a minute, now. You can't accuse me of lying.
11. just (it's/that's) just as well indicates there is a reason for seeing sth as good rather than bad It's just as well we stayed home, because we don't have much money.
12. just just because indicates that the fact that one thing is true does not make another one true Just because he's smart, doesn't mean he's right.
13. just just like that immediately or very quickly My parents brought the new baby home, and just like that everything changed.
14. just sb would just as soon do sth indicates sb prefers to do one thing rather than another I'd just as soon go out to eat.
15. (adjective)just ≠ unjust a just peace for the two peoples
Definition of 'Just'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Just conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things
2. (adj)Just not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference
3. (adj)Just rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge
4. (adverb)Just precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated
5. (adverb)Just closely; nearly; almost
6. (adverb)Just barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very smallspace or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late