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just as

just as

145 1.0
One action happens at the same time as another
  • idiom
translation icon : justo cuando
  • The news reached India just as Indira Gandhi was being sworn in as prime minister.
  • happened just as
  • then just as

That rumination can often happen just as you're about to drift off to sleep.

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Examples

  • Her only escape from pain was in her dancing, just as we all seek escape through our work.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You know you can always stay with us just as long as you want.

    Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

  • Honey, your mama is gonna come get you just as soon as she can, I promise.

    Hope Floats (1998)

  • Just talk to God in prayer, just as you would to a friend.

  • Anything is fine, just as long as it comes from a cow.

    When Strangers Appear (2001)

  • Oil prices reached their peak levels in 1980, just as the Iran-Iraq war broke out.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Danny and the Rookie join Jack, Eugene, Rascal, and Clay just as the band is ending a number.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Oil prices reached their peak levels in 1980, just as the Iran-Iraq war broke out.

  • You're going to have a set of hearings after this, just as happened in the past.

  • They are all on the divine journey, just as we all are.

Synonyms

at the same time
vsjust as
∞ 1.0

During the same time or moment

shows two actions happening at the same instant rather than a long period
even as
vsjust as
253 3.2

At the same moment that something else happens

shows events occurring together without the same strong immediacy

How Simultaneous

just as
145 1.0
while
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

just as main

Morphology

just + as

The meaning 'in the same way; similarly' is directly derivable from combining 'just' (precisely/exactly) with the comparative connector 'as' — together they signal a precise similarity. This composition follows standard comparative patterns found in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Just as comes from a simple picture: imagine two events happening at the exact same second, like a door closing the moment someone arrives. The word just means 'exactly' and as links the two events, so just as is used to show things happening 'at the same time'.