Just can be categorized as an adjective, a verb and an adverb.
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| just - 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" | ||
Adverb |
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| just - absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" | ||
| just - exactly at this moment or the moment described; "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them"; | ||
| just - only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" | ||
Verb |
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| just - To joust, fight a tournament. | ||
Noun |
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| just - A joust, tournament. |
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| 1. | adj. | A just and lasting peace. | |
| 2. | adj. | A kind and just man. | |
| 3. | adj. | A just reward. | |
| 4. | adj. | His just inheritance. | |
| 5. | adj. | One of these fine days he will get his just deserts. | |
| 6. | adj. | Let's just waste some time around here. | |
| 7. | adj. | Was the gate wide open or just ajar? | |
| 8. | adj. | In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. | |
| 9. | adj. | In the near future, he will get his just deserts. | |
| 10. | adj. | Tom wanted to be just friends. However, Mary wanted much more. | |
| 11. | adj. | While laughing is allowed, it is most dishonest to laugh out loud or to extend one's laughter beyond the limits of a just moderation; the Holy Ghost teaches us that it is the character of a madman to raise one's voice while laughing. | |
| 12. | adj. | An unjust peace is better than a just war. | |
| 13. | adj. | Let's just stay out of each other's way. | |
| 14. | adj. | Let's just stay here. | |
| 15. | adj. | Let's just stay calm. | |
| 16. | adv. | I just can't take it anymore. | |
| 17. | adv. | He was just grand as Romeo. | |
| 18. | adv. | We've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them. | |
| 19. | adv. | He has just arrived. | |
| 20. | adv. | The sun just now came out. | |
| 21. | adv. | What irritates me is this sudden false 'solidarity' between Sunni and Shi'ite clerics, we all know that they would be glad to get at each others throats when they have the chance, and Shia clerics were describing Fallujan insurgents as 'Ba'athists', 'Saddamites', 'Wahhabis', and 'terrorists' just a few days ago. | |
| 22. | adv. | I guess it's just the old new Arab 'Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against my enemy', or 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing going on again. | |
| 23. | adv. | The problem with this argument is that Bush lacked the experience necessary to be president when he ran in 2000, so this sort of cheap shot just hoists him by his own petard. | |
| 24. | adv. | Let's just remember a seminal Bush moment in 1999: | |
| 25. | adv. | Bush, in answering the question about the leader of Pakistan, also said: "The new Pakistani general, he's just been elected -- not elected, this guy took over office. | |
| 26. | adv. | "Further, I find it even more disturbing that he made these comments about a nation that just last year tested nuclear weapons -- shortly after voicing his public opposition to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. | |
| 27. | adv. | In all this so-called controversy, has anyone considered that perhaps George Bush just wanted to fly jets? | |
| 28. | adv. | They don't let just anybody do it. | |
| 29. | adv. | So just for the record, here, in full, is what Bush did: | |
| 30. | adv. | From May 1972 to May 1973, he earned just 56 points — not much, but enough to meet his requirement. |
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| adj. | |
| A just and lasting peace. |
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| A kind and just man. |
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| A just reward. |
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| His just inheritance. |
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| One of these fine days he will get his just deserts. | |
| Let's just waste some time around here. | |
| Was the gate wide open or just ajar? | |
| In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. | |
| In the near future, he will get his just deserts. | |
| Tom wanted to be just friends. However, Mary wanted much more. | |
| While laughing is allowed, it is most dishonest to laugh out loud or to extend one's laughter beyond the limits of a just moderation; the Holy Ghost teaches us that it is the character of a madman to raise one's voice while laughing. | |
| An unjust peace is better than a just war. | |
| Let's just stay out of each other's way. | |
| Let's just stay here. | |
| Let's just stay calm. | |
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| I just can't take it anymore. |
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| He was just grand as Romeo. |
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| We've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them. |
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| He has just arrived. |
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| The sun just now came out. |
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| What irritates me is this sudden false 'solidarity' between Sunni and Shi'ite clerics, we all know that they would be glad to get at each others throats when they have the chance, and Shia clerics were describing Fallujan insurgents as 'Ba'athists', 'Saddamites', 'Wahhabis', and 'terrorists' just a few days ago. |
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| I guess it's just the old new Arab 'Me against my brother, me and my brother against my cousin, me and my cousin against my enemy', or 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing going on again. |
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| The problem with this argument is that Bush lacked the experience necessary to be president when he ran in 2000, so this sort of cheap shot just hoists him by his own petard. |
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| Let's just remember a seminal Bush moment in 1999: |
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| Bush, in answering the question about the leader of Pakistan, also said: "The new Pakistani general, he's just been elected -- not elected, this guy took over office. |
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| "Further, I find it even more disturbing that he made these comments about a nation that just last year tested nuclear weapons -- shortly after voicing his public opposition to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. |
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| In all this so-called controversy, has anyone considered that perhaps George Bush just wanted to fly jets? |
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| They don't let just anybody do it. |
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| So just for the record, here, in full, is what Bush did: |
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| From May 1972 to May 1973, he earned just 56 points — not much, but enough to meet his requirement. |
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