just
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
just/ʤʌst/
▶adjective morally right and fair.
■ appropriate or deserved.
■ (of an opinion or appraisal) well founded.
▶adverb- 1 exactly.
■ exactly or nearly at this or that moment.
- 2 very recently.
- 3 barely; by a little.
- 4 simply; only.
■ really: they're just great.
- 5 expressing agreement.
– phrases
just in case as a precaution.
just so
just in case as a precaution.
just so
- 1 arranged or done very carefully.
- 2 expressing agreement.
– derivatives
justly adverb,
justness noun.
justly adverb,
justness noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. justus, from jus ‘law, right’.
'just' also found in these Oxford entries:
after
- ankle sock
- attitudinize
- aweigh
- bangtail
- bare
- barely
- blackfish
- bless
- blooper
- boat neck
- borderline
- breeches
- bride
- bridegroom
- butt
- capri pants
- chance
- Christian name
- claptrap
- connect
- consolation prize
- contrary
- corner
- cornice
- corpse candle
- cotton-picking
- cram
- critical damping
- cross
- curtain-raiser
- cutlet
- deserts
- devil
- Dutch hoe
- editorialize
- either
- Empire line
- end
- exactly
- except
- fair
- fair-minded
- fledgling
- forelock
- forerib
- fresh
- frigate
- front
- full-court press
