Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [juhst nou]
- /dʒʌst naʊ/
- /dʒʌst naʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [juhst nou]
- /dʒʌst naʊ/
Definitions of just now words
- adverb just now a moment ago 1
- adverb just now at this moment 1
- phrase just now Just now means a very short time ago. 0
- phrase just now You use just now when you want to say that a particular situation exists at the time when you are speaking, although it may change in the future. 0
- noun just now a very short time ago 0
- noun just now in a little while 0
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Parts of speech for Just now
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
just now popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for just now
adv just now
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- at present — A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
adj just now
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
adjective just now
- commenced — Simple past tense and past participle of commence.
adverb just now
- freshly — Newly; recently.
- immediately — without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
- just — guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness: We hope to be just in our understanding of such difficult situations.
- newly — recently; lately: a newly married couple.
- now — at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
Antonyms for just now
See also
Matching words
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