Just
adverb
Only a moment ago.
She just left
Often appears as...
- just now
- just then
adverb
Exactly.
That’s just what I need
Often appears as...
- just right
- just the thing
adverb
Very recently.
I've just seen the most amazing movie
Often appears as...
- just seen
- just heard
adjective
Based on or behaving according to what is morally right.
A just decision
Often appears as...
- just society
- just punishment
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
adverb
Used to emphasize the exactness of a figure or description.
It's just wonderful
Often appears as...
- just perfect
- just amazing
adverb
Simply, only, no more than.
Just a minute
Often appears as...
- just a little
- just a bit
adverb
Barely, by a little.
He just managed to pass the test
Often appears as...
- just managed
- just enough
adverb
Only a moment ago.
She just left
Often appears as...
- just now
- just then
adverb
Exactly.
That’s just what I need
Often appears as...
- just right
- just the thing
adverb
Very recently.
I've just seen the most amazing movie
Often appears as...
- just seen
- just heard
adjective
Based on or behaving according to what is morally right.
A just decision
Often appears as...
- just society
- just punishment
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
adverb
Used to emphasize the exactness of a figure or description.
It's just wonderful
Often appears as...
- just perfect
- just amazing
adverb
Simply, only, no more than.
Just a minute
Often appears as...
- just a little
- just a bit
adverb
Barely, by a little.
He just managed to pass the test
Often appears as...
- just managed
- just enough
Definition 1 of 7
Pro Tip 1/2Speaks Urgency
Suggests an action happened very recently, often hints at a need to act quickly.
Hurry! She just left.
Pro Tip 2/2Time Specific
Often pairs with 'now' or 'then' to specify when something happened.
He just now finished his lunch.
Pro Tip 1/2Speaks Urgency
Suggests an action happened very recently, often hints at a need to act quickly.
Hurry! She just left.
Pro Tip 2/2Time Specific
Often pairs with 'now' or 'then' to specify when something happened.
He just now finished his lunch.
Pro Tip 1/2Speaks Urgency
Suggests an action happened very recently, often hints at a need to act quickly.
Hurry! She just left.
Pro Tip 2/2Time Specific
Often pairs with 'now' or 'then' to specify when something happened.
He just now finished his lunch.
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Video examples
What is depression? -...
If they feel guilty or ashamed, point out that depression is a medical condition, just like asthma or diabetes. It's not a weakness or a personality trait, and they shouldn't expect themselves to just get over it anymore than they could will themselves to get over a broken arm. If you haven't experienced depression yourself,
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
Why do so many innocent people and animals suffer terrible things? Is there really a plan for my life? Is the future yet to be written, or is it already written and we just can't see it? But then, do I have free will? I mean, who am I anyway? Am I just a biological machine?
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Bill Gates: The next...
and make the world more just as well as more safe. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement. But we need to get going, because time is not on our side.
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Why don't perpetual...
For example, if you could build a perpetual motion machine that included humans as part of its perfectly efficient system, it could sustain life indefinitely. There's just one problem. They don't work. Ideas for perpetual motion machines
Video examples
What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
Video examples
America’s most just...
demographically representative sample and we asked them what does it mean to be just for a company to be just and here's what they told us the first and most important factor and whether a company's just or
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Injured Elephant Calf...
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10 TOP Natural History...
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Roman Statesman
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Swedish Athlete
If you are too nice, you will just get eaten alive. The football world is not always a nice place.
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Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever.
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Woody Allen
American Director
I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
I just think it's so important not to take yourself too seriously.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
It's a dream to be able to just play a multi-faceted character.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American Baseball Player
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
I'm not afraid of anything. That's just the way I am.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
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