just
adverb (NOW) /dʒʌst/Definition
A2 now, very soon, or very recently: "Where are you, Jim?" "I'm just coming." I'll just finish this, then we can go. He'd just got into the bath when the phone rang. The children arrived at school just as (= at the same moment as) the bell was ringing. The doctor will be with you in just a minute/moment/second (= very soon). It's just after/past (UK also gone) ten o'clock.NowIn the future and soonIn the past just now A2 a very short time ago: Who was that at the door just now?In the past › at the present time: John's in the bath just now - can he call you back?Now
(Definition of just adverb (NOW) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- contemporary adjective (EXISTING NOW)
- day noun
- even adverb (SURPRISE)
- existing adjective
- here adverb
- hereupon adverb
- moment noun (OCCASION)
- now adverb (AT PRESENT)
- nowadays adverb
- ongoing adjective
- present noun (NOW)
- present-day adjective
- prevailing adjective
- right adverb (EXACTLY)
- state noun (CONDITION)
- the status quo noun
- there's no time like the present idiom
- this minute idiom
- time noun (PERIOD)
- today adverb, noun
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