Meaning of just in English

isn't it/aren't they just?
it's just one of those things
just a minute/moment/second
(it's) just as well (that)
just like that
just my luck!
(I'm) just saying
might just as well

just

adjective

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fair; morally correct:

The judge's sentence was perfectly just in the circumstances.

I don't really think he had just cause to complain.

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Idiom

get your just deserts

just

noun

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the just formal

people who behave in a morally correct way

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(Definition of just from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

just | American Dictionary

just

adverb [ not gradable ]

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/dʒʌst, dʒəst/

just adverb [not gradable] (NOW)

now or (almost) at the same time, or very soon, or very recently:

He just left – if you run, you can catch him.

It was just past (= very soon after) midnight.

We got the children off to school just as the bus was about to leave.

We’re just about to begin (= We will begin very soon).

The doctor will see you in just a minute/moment/second (= very soon).

just adverb [not gradable] (EXACTLY)

exactly:

Beth looks just like her mother.

[ + question word ] It was just what I expected.

just adverb [not gradable] (ONLY)

only; simply:

I’ll just check my e-mail, then we can go for coffee.

I just called to wish you a happy birthday.

We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

Just can be used to make a statement stronger:

He just won’t listen to me.

just adverb [not gradable] (ALMOST)

almost not or almost:

We arrived at the airport just in time to catch the plane.

Matthew weighed just (= slightly) over seven pounds at birth.

"Are you finished yet?" "Just about."

just adverb [not gradable] (VERY)

very; completely:

You look just wonderful!

It’s just amazing how powerful the new computers are.

Idioms

just a moment
just in case
just now
just one of those things
someone would just as soon do something

just

adjective

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just adjective (FAIR)

morally correct; fair:

a just verdict

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The floor was just the ground, no verandah.

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We show the proof for just one case.

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It's just as things come up you modify them.

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They constitute a distribution of minimum water potentials just permitting induction of secondary dormancy during the 2 weeks of incubation.

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Contingency plans are then made for these shapes by writing rules that apply to them just in case they occur.

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We are of the opinion that this is just the main thermodynamic difference between the "cold" ablation and the organic material ablation.

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The "successful" governess, it seems, manages her pupils into "successful" betrothals - just like the marriage plot novel.

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It was just such a dialogue that we both had with the interview protocols.

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Furthermore, the effectiveness of a local campaign is not just a matter of local parties being rich in resources.

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All patients were treated just after the clinical diagnosis of plague (bubonic plague with cervical, inguinal or axillary buboes) and all patients recovered subsequently.

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Despite monitoring over 1000 potential recruits, this study has illustrated just how rarely a new individual enters the breeding population.

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Just how much autonomy cells possess was a matter of serious debate in the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century.

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Or to be told the usage one has just produced is wrong?

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They have a vested interest in teaching it just as surgeons have a vested interest in operating on people.

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The motor is mounted on the end-effector just ahead of the welding torch and covers a ninety degree arc in front of the torch.

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