just

Universal Words adverb, adjective adverb 1 ~ (like / what / as...) exactly: This jacket is just my size. * This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out. * Just my luck (= the sort of bad luck I usually have). The phone's not working. * You're just in time. * She looks just like her mother. * It's just what I wanted! * It's just as I thought. * (BrE) It's just on six (= exactly six o'clock). 2 ~ as... at the same moment as: The clock struck six just as I arrived. 3 ~ as good, nice, easily, etc. no less than; equally: She's just as smart as her sister. * You can get there just as cheaply by plane. 4 (only) ~