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Just Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Just? [adv] by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [adv] and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [adv] only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" [adv] indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt" [adv] (intensifier) absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [adj] free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" [adj] implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" [adj] used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" [adj] of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass Synonyms \| Synonyms for Just: antimonopoly \| antitrust \| barely \| but \| clean \| conscionable \| equitable \| evenhanded \| exactly \| fair \| fair-and-square \| fair-minded \| fitting \| good \| hardly \| just now \| meet \| merely \| only \| precisely \| retributive \| retributory \| rightful(a) \| scarce \| scarcely \| simply \| sporting \| sportsmanlike \| upright \| virtuous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Just: absolute \| absolutely \| accurate \| accurately \| actionable \| admissible \| all \| all in all \| all right \| all-knowing \| all-powerful \| all-seeing \| all-wise \| almighty \| almost \| alone \| aloof \| altogether \| angelic \| applicable \| appropriate \| approximately \| apt \| as well \| at best \| at most \| authoritative \| authorized \| awfully \| balanced \| bang \| barely \| becoming \| befitting \| binding \| blameless \| boundless \| but \| changeless \| Christian \| clean \| cogent \| comely \| competent \| completely \| condign \| conscientious \| consistent \| constitutional \| correct \| creating \| creative \| credible \| creditable \| dead \| dead right \| decent \| defensible \| definitely \| dependable \| deserved \| detached \| 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\| weighty \| well-argued \| well-chosen \| well-expressed \| well-founded \| well-grounded \| well-put \| wholesome \| wholly \| within the law \| word by word \| word for word \| worthy \| yeomanly See Also \| honorable \| honourable \| impartial \| just \| reasonable \| right \| righteous \| sensible Just In Webster's Dictionary \Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. {Injury}, {Judge}, {Jury}, {Giusto}.] 1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things. ``O just but severe law!'' --Shak. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. -- Eccl. vii. 20. Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. -- Lev. xix. 36. How should man be just with God? -- Job ix. 2. We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright. -- Shak. 2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference. Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope. The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. -- Shak. He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. --Bacon. Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. -- Jer. Taylor. When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array. -- Addison. Their named alone would make a just volume. -- Burton. 3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge. Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. --Tillotson. {Just intonation}. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. --H. W. Poole. Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular. \Just\, adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. --Sir P. Sidney. To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. -- Shak. 2. Closely; nearly; almost. Just at the point of death. -- Sir W. Temple. 3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late. A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. -- Dryden. {Just now}, the least possible time since; a moment ago. \Just\, v. i. [See {Joust}.] To joust. --Fairfax. \Just\, n. A joust. --Dryden.

Just Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Just?

[adv] by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
[adv] and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
[adv] only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out"
[adv] indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"
[adv] (intensifier) absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"
[adj] free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
[adj] implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"
[adj] used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance"
[adj] of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass

Just In Webster's Dictionary

\Just\, a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law,
justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to
join. Cf. {Injury}, {Judge}, {Jury}, {Giusto}.]
1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not
   doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation;
   upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons
   and things. ``O just but severe law!'' --Shak.

         There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good,
         and sinneth not.                      -- Eccl. vii.
                                               20.

         Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. --
                                               Lev. xix. 36.

         How should man be just with God?      -- Job ix. 2.

         We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright. --
                                               Shak.

2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety;
   conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a
   proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due;
   as, a just statement; a just inference.

         Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope.

         The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship
         To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies.
                                               -- Shak.

         He was a comely personage, a little above just
         stature.                              --Bacon.

         Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant
         heat.                                 -- Jer.
                                               Taylor.

         When all The war shall stand ranged in its just
         array.                                -- Addison.

         Their named alone would make a just volume. --
                                               Burton.

3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due;
   equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.

         Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as
         to praise it in others, even when they do not
         practice it themselves.               --Tillotson.

{Just intonation}. (Mus.)
   (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true
       pitch.
   (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or
       their exact mathematical ratio, or without
       temperament; a process in which the number of notes
       and intervals required in the various keys is much
       greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems
       of temperament. --H. W. Poole.

Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial;
     proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.


\Just\, adv.
1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither
   more nor less than is stated.

         And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden.

         The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the
         beast.                                --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

         To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and
         one.                                  -- Shak.

2. Closely; nearly; almost.

         Just at the point of death.           -- Sir W.
                                               Temple.

3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or
   time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.

         A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently
         swelled the sail.                     -- Dryden.

{Just now}, the least possible time since; a moment ago.


\Just\, v. i. [See {Joust}.]
To joust. --Fairfax.


\Just\, n.
A joust. --Dryden.

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