Meaning Of The Word Just

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just adjective use
adjective: If you describe a situation, action, or idea as just, you mean that it is right or acceptable according to particular moral principles, such as respect for all human beings.

just adverb uses
If you say that you are just doing something, you mean that you are doing it now and will finish it very soon. If you say that you are just about to do something, or just going to do it, you mean that you will do it very soon.
You use just to say that something happened a very short time ago, or is starting to happen at the present time. For example, if you say that someone has just arrived, you mean that they arrived a very short time ago.

just in American English 1
right or fair; equitable; impartial
adjective: guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness
adverb: within a brief preceding time; but a moment before

just in American English 2
joust

just in British English
adjective: fair or impartial in action or judgment
adverb: used with forms of have to indicate an action performed in the very recent past

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