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# just

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adv, adj
**IPA (US):** [d͡ʒʌst]
**IPA (UK):** /d͡ʒʌst/
**Frequency rank:** 35

## Meanings
1. A very short time ago.
2. Only; simply; no more than.
3. Exactly; precisely.
4. Fair and morally right.

## Examples
- I have just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them.
- Just plant a few tomatoes and water them every day.
- That dress is just right for the party.
- Everyone hoped for a just and lasting peace.

## Synonyms
- adequate
- correct
- equitable
- exactly
- freshly
- hardly
- lately
- merely
- narrowly
- newly
- proper
- right

## Antonyms
- unjust

## Derived Forms
- just-in-time
- justly
- justness
- over-just
- overjust

## Related Forms
- justice

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂yew-
- Root: juste
- Root: iūstus
- Root: *jowestos

## Etymology
From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.

## AI Etymology
Just comes from Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.

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- Ethics & Social Judgment

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