just
- adverb
- /dʒʌst/
- I think it just takes getting used to, that's all.
- just might get
Well, you sound that sounds like you might just be high and feeling paranoid.
- Well, you sound that sounds like you might just be high and feeling paranoid.
- It it might just be for this kind of body type.
Examples
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Yeah, well my only problem is I'm just hoping that we're not too late.
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Well, maybe it could just be for looks.
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You know, it's not just what happens on the field.
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It's OK to ask questions, just try to do it in a polite way.
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So, let's just assume for the moment that I believe you.
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I don't know, it's just a thought.
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In fact, insisting on keeping people in space might just cripple the space program.
Academic text (1992) -
" If a system is not intuitive, people just won't use it."
Academic text (2004) -
Plus, the Soviet leadership might just have been more receptive to noncommercial music overall.
Academic text (2015) -
I might just take a different route if traffic is heavy.
Synonyms
It might happen or be true
To say something might be true
May happen or be true and sometimes makes a request more polite
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To say that something is very good or pleasant, often in a sarcastic way to mean the opposite
- Offensive
A person who is attractive but thought to have little intelligence or real skill
Compounds
- Specialized
A system that makes or gets parts exactly when needed to avoid keeping stock
- Specialized
The smallest change in a sound, weight, or temperature that a person can notice half the time
How Likely
Surface Forms
Etymology
This use of just grew from the idea of 'only' or 'exact' and came to suggest a small chance, as in 'it might just happen' meaning 'it might possibly happen'. A helpful way to remember is to think of just here as 'only perhaps'.