just
adj
a fair or impartial in action or judgment
b (as collective n; preceded by the)
the just
2 conforming to high moral standards; honest
3 consistent with justice
a just action
4 rightly applied or given; deserved
a just reward
5 legally valid; lawful
a just inheritance
6 well-founded; reasonable
just criticism
7 correct, accurate, or true
a just account
adv (unstressed)
8 used with forms of have to indicate an action performed in the very recent past
I have just closed the door
9 at this very instant
he's just coming in to land
10 no more than; merely; only
just an ordinary car
11 exactly; precisely
that's just what I mean
12 by a small margin; barely
he just got there in time
13 (intensifier)
it's just wonderful to see you
14 Informal indeed; with a vengeance
isn't it just
a at the point of starting (to do something)
b very nearly; almost
I've just about had enough
16 ♦
just a moment, second, or minute an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
c (S. African)
informal in a little while
18 ♦
just on having reached exactly
it's just on five o'clock
a an expression of complete agreement or of unwillingness to dissent
b arranged with precision (C14: from Latin justus righteous, from jus justice) ♦
justly adv ♦
justness n The use of just with exactly (it's just exactly what they want) is redundant and should be avoided: it's exactly what they want
just-in-time
adj denoting or relating to an industrial method in which waste of resources is eliminated or reduced by producing production-line components, etc., as they are required, rather than holding large stocks, (Abbrev.)
JIT
just intonation
n a form of tuning employing the pitch intervals of the untempered natural scale, sometimes employed in the playing of the violin, cello, etc.
just noticeable difference
n (Psychol) another name for →
difference threshold (Abbrev.)
jnd
Saint-Just (French)
n Louis Antoine Léon de (<PH:l><PH:w><PH:i> <PH:B><PH:t><PH:w><PH:a><PH:n> <PH:l><PH:e><PH:P> <PH:d><PH:&>). 1767--94, French Revolutionary leader and orator. A member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793--94), he was guillotined with Robespierre