Discover "just." This entry provides comprehensive definitions for its adverbial and adjectival forms, traces its Latin origins, showcases its varied application across everyday speech and formal contexts, and lists common phrases, enriching your vocabulary.

The meaning of JUST is having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason : reasonable. How to use just in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Just.

JUST definition: 1. now, very soon, or very recently: 2. a very short time ago: 3. at the present time: . Learn more.

Define just. just synonyms, just pronunciation, just translation, English dictionary definition of just. adj. 1. Honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions: a just ruler. See Synonyms at fair1. 2. Consistent with what is morally right; righteous: a just...

just1 ( just), adj. guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness: We hope to be just in our understanding of such difficult situations. done or made according to principle; equitable; proper: a just reply. based on right; rightful; lawful: a just claim. in keeping with truth or fact; true; correct: a just analysis. given or awarded rightly; deserved, as a sentence, punishment, or reward: a ...

They got their just punishment for the crime. a just reward We all want to see this criminal get his just deserts. [=get the punishment that he deserves]

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English just1 /dʒəst; strong dʒʌst/ S1 W1 adverb 1 exactly A good strong cup of coffee is just what I need right now. The house was large and roomy; just right for us. She looks just like her mother. Just what do you think you’re trying to do? just on British English It’s just on three o’clock. Just then (=exactly at that moment), Mrs Robovitch ...