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just
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /d???st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin i?stus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin i?s (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-. 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.
Alternative forms
- jes, jes', jest, jist, jus'
Adjective
just (comparative juster or more just, superlative justest or most just)
- Factually right, correct; factual.
- It is a just assessment of the facts.
- Rationally right, correct.
- Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
- It looks like a just solution at first glance.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act, Scene ,[1]
- My lord, we know your grace to be a man
- Just and upright.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Colossians 4:1,[2]
- Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
- 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, Chapter 23,[3]
- 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.
- Proper, adequate.
Synonyms
- right, correct
- righteous, equitable
- proper, adequate
Antonyms
- unjust
Derived terms
- justly
- justness
- sleep of the just
Related terms
- justice
Translations
Adverb
just (not comparable)
- Only, simply, merely.
- (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
- Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
- Used to show humility.
- (degree) absolutely, positively
- Moments ago, recently.
- By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
- Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
- And having just enough, not covet more.
Synonyms
- (only): merely, simply; see also Thesaurus:merely
- (recently): freshly, lately, newly
- (by a narrow margin): barely, hardly, scarcely; see also Thesaurus:slightly
- (exactly): on the dot, smack-dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
just
- (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.
Etymology 2
Variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta (“near, besides”).
Noun
just (plural justs)
- A joust, tournament.
Verb
just (third-person singular simple present justs, present participle justing, simple past and past participle justed)
- To joust, fight a tournament.
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Translations
References
- just in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- just in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- UJTs, juts
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin i?stus, j?stus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /??ust/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?d??ust/
Adjective
just (feminine justa, masculine plural justs or justos, feminine plural justes)
- fair; just
- Antonym: injust
- perfect, almost perfect
Derived terms
- justament
- justesa
- preu just
- tot just
Related terms
- injust
- injustícia
- justícia
Adverb
just
- justly
Further reading
- “just” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “just” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “just” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “just” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German just or Swedish just. Possibly from German just. See also justament
Adverb
just
- exactly, precisely, just
- Sa tulid just parajal ajal.
- You came just at the right time.
- Sa tulid just parajal ajal.
- recently, just now, just
- Ma jõudsin just koju.
- I just got home.
- Ma jõudsin just koju.
- really (softens what has been said)
- Ta pole just töökas mees.
- He isn't much of a worker.
- Ta pole just töökas mees.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish just.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?just/, [?jus?t?]
- Rhymes: -ust
- Syllabification: just
Adverb
just
- (colloquial, dialectal) just, exactly, precisely, perfectly
- (colloquial) recently, just now
Interjection
just
- (colloquial) I see, uh-huh, oh well
Synonyms
both:
- aivan
- juuri
- justiin
- justiinsa
- justsa
adverb:
- ihan
- tarkalleen
- täsmälleen
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin i?stus, j?stus.
Adjective
just
- just, right, correct, proper
- exact
- adequate
- apt
Derived terms
- justeapont
- justeben
Related terms
- justâ
- juste
- justece
- justificâ
- justizie
German
Etymology
Latin i?ste, i?stus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?st/
Adverb
just
- (solemn) just
- Synonyms: gerade, (archaic) justament
Further reading
- “just” in Duden online
- “just” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [just]
Verb
just (tr., 1st conj., pres. j?tu, j?ti, j?t, past jutu)
- to feel (to perceive with one's sense organs)
- to sense
- to palp
- to have a sensation
Conjugation
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- izjust
- pajust
- sajust
- other derived terms:
- justies
Old French
Verb
just
- third-person singular past historic of gesir
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French juste, Latin j?stus, i?stus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ust/
Adjective
just m or n (feminine singular just?, masculine plural ju?ti, feminine and neuter plural juste)
- just, correct
Synonyms
- drept, adev?rat, echitabil
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adverb
just (not comparable)
- just; quite recently; only moments ago
- just; only, simply
- exactly, precisely
- Just nu
- Right now (At this precise moment)
- Det var just vad jag ville ha!
- That's exactly what I wanted!
- Just nu
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justify
English
Alternative forms
- justifie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin justificare (“make just”), from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere, equivalent to just +? -ify.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??st?fa?/
- Hyphenation: jus?ti?fy
Verb
justify (third-person singular simple present justifies, present participle justifying, simple past and past participle justified)
- (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
- How can you justify spending so much money on clothes?
- Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.
- (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
- Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night.
- 1861, Edward Everett, The Great Issues Now Before the Country, An oration delivered at the New York Academy of Music, July 4, 1861, New York: James G. Gregory, p. 8,[1]
- Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government, under an abstract constitutional right to do so.
- (transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
- The text will look better justified.
- (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act II, Scene 3,[2]
- I cannot justify whom the law condemns.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Acts 13.39,[3]
- And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act II, Scene 3,[2]
- (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
- She felt no need to justify herself for deciding not to invite him.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 16.15,[4]
- And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
- 1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Chapter 13,[5]
- […] I was equally unable to justify myself and unwilling to acknowledge my errors […]
- To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
- c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act V, Scene 1,[6]
- She is not dead at Tarsus, as she should have been,
- By savage Cleon: she shall tell thee all;
- When thou shalt kneel, and justify in knowledge
- She is thy very princess.
- c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene 2,[7]
- […] say
- My wife’s a hobby-horse, deserves a name
- As rank as any flax-wench that puts to
- Before her troth-plight: say’t and justify’t.
- c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act V, Scene 1,[6]
- (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
- (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
- 1839, John Bouvier, A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union, Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, Volume I, p. 557,[8]
- JUSTIFYING BAIL, practice, is the production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff.
- 1839, John Bouvier, A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union, Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, Volume I, p. 557,[8]
Related terms
- -fy
- just
- justification
- justifiable
- justifiably
- unjustified
Translations
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