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Meaning of "just so" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JUST SO

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WHAT DOES JUST SO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Just So Stories

The Just So Stories for Little Children are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Highly fantasised origin stories, especially for differences among animals, they are among Kipling's best known works.

Definition of just so in the English dictionary

The definition of just so in the dictionary is an expression of complete agreement or of unwillingness to dissent. Other definition of just so is arranged with precision.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUST SO

just a moment
just about
just as well
just cause
just intonation
just leave well alone
just noticeable difference
just now
just on
just quietly
just the job
just the same
just-in-time
justice
justice court
Justice Department
justice of the peace
justice of the peace court
justicer
justices in eyre

WORDS THAT END LIKE JUST SO

also
Aso
aviso
basso
Burkina Faso
Burkina-Faso
Cardoso
El Paso
espresso
even so
expresso
more so
or so
peso
Picasso
quite so
so
so-so
Treviso
verso

Synonyms and antonyms of just so in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «just so» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JUST SO

Find out the translation of just so to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of just so from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «just so» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

只是这样
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tan
570 millions of speakers

English

just so
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभी तो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فقط حتى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

просто так
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

só assim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠিক তাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

juste pour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Begitu sahaja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einfach so
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ちょうどそう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

너무
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mung dadi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chỉ cần như vậy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சும்மா தான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फक्त म्हणून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sadece bu yüzden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proprio così
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

просто так
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doar așa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακριβώς έτσι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

net so
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bara så
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of just so

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JUST SO»

The term «just so» is very widely used and occupies the 14.630 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JUST SO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «just so» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «just so» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about just so

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10 QUOTES WITH «JUST SO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word just so.
1
Rick Allen
But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point.
2
Louie Anderson
I had been asking the universe and God to send me a way for me to help me. Show business has been so wonderful to me, and it came in the form of that. It's just so funny how things come into your life, and if you take a chance on them, it might give you a brand new life.
3
David Archuleta
I love Sara Bareilles. She's just so clever. I wish I were her. She's so awesome.
4
Dave Bautista
It was always one of my favorite things, the action figures, the video games, when I was with WWE, even though I'm not a gamer. I would literally go out and buy the games just so I could play myself.
5
Berenice Bejo
I never thought about how I didn't have a cell phone or I'm in 2011. I was just so happy to be able to be a character in the 30s and there are these actresses that I really liked in the 40s, 50s and 60s in American movies that I've seen since I was a little girl. But you don't really think like that when you prepare for a role.
6
Cilla Black
I never did acid, I am just so high anyway.
7
Vanessa Carlton
But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.
8
Ellar Coltrane
I don't want to make any general statements, but I feel like so many stories that are presented as being about humanity and human emotion are just so convoluted and overly dramatic and focus on these certain little things that are supposedly meaningful, but just don't really mean anything.
9
A. J. Cook
I have some amazing fans! They're just so dedicated and so nice and so sweet. I'm, like, no one and I'm just starting out, and these people appreciate your work and it's nice to hear that.
10
Nikki Cox
There is just so very much I can't do. I don't drive, for one.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUST SO»

Discover the use of just so in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to just so and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Just So Stories
Highly fantasised origin stories, especially for differences among animals, and accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is Kipling's 'How Fear Came,' included in 'The Second Jungle Book'.
Rudyard Kipling, 2013
2
The bed just so
A tailor gets no sleep until he finds a comfortable bed for a hudgin that has come to live with him.
Jeanne B. Hardendorff, 1975
3
Just So-Me Stories
Just So-me Stories flirts with the hyphen in between "non" and "fiction" in chronicling the darkest moments of Matt Greenfield's young life.
Matt Greenfield, 2010
4
The Just-So Woman
When the Just-So Woman has a day when nothing goes right, she learns an important lesson from her neighbor, the Any-Way Man. By the author of The Shakespeare Stealer. Jr Lib Guild.
Gary Blackwood, 2007
5
The Just So Song Book - Being the Songs from Rudyard ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
Edward German, 2009
6
How the Leopard Got His Spots: Tadpoles Tales: Just So Stories
Simple retellings of Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories with bright, fun illustrations, for children who are just starting to read on their own. In this story, all the animals are the same colour.
Elizabeth Rogers, 2011
7
How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories: ...
Most qualify as “Just-So Stories,” named after a delightful book of children's tales by Rudyard Kipling, the famous winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature who was also a militarist, a supporter of British imperialism, and by most accounts a ...
David P. Barash, Judith Eve Lipton, 2013
8
Just So You Know, It's All Good: A Collection of Science ...
Come and experience voyages of discovery and revelation from the imagination of Chris Parisi, as we venture on trips of the inner soul and the outer worlds. v Escape the onslaught of a Martian sand storm with an asteroid miner as she hikes ...
Christopher Parisi, 2009
9
Just So Stories for Little Children: Stalky & Co
Several of Kipling's children's tales are collected. They focus on animals' adventures to teach lessons to the young reader.
Rudyard Kipling, 1925
10
I was So Mad
For use in schools and libraries only. A child tries a variety of ways to dissolve anger.
‎2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUST SO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term just so is used in the context of the following news items.
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3 Biotech Stocks Are Just So Hot Right Now – Hemispherx …
Hemispherx BioPharma, Inc (NYSEMKT:HEB) rose +4.48% to end last trading session at $0.210. The company, on July 15, 2015, released that ... «Wall Street Observer, Jul 15»
2
Caitlyn Jenner's Horse Racing Outfit Is Just So Chic - PopSugar
Caitlyn Jenner's Outfit at Del Mar Racetrack. Caitlyn Jenner's Horse Racing Outfit Is Just So Chic. by Sarah Wasilak 7/17/15. 167 Shares. Like us on Facebook ... «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»
3
Parents skipping meals during school holidays just so they can feed …
Four out of 10 parents in low-income households will skip meals in the summer holidays so they can afford to feed their children. And 73% of ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Is Hillary Clinton just so 1947?
No, this is not a dig at Mrs. Clinton's maturity but rather an observation about her economic speech delivered earlier this week. Uber-pundit ... «Independent Women's Forum, Jul 15»
5
X Factor hosts Caroline Flack and Olly Murs are just SO cute
X Factor hosts Caroline Flack and Olly Murs are just SO cute. Published Wednesday, Jul 15 ... They are just SO darn cute. Last week, the twelfth ... «Reveal, Jul 15»
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3 Biotech Stocks Are Just So Hot Right Now - ACADIA …
3 Biotech Stocks Are Just So Hot Right Now – ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD), Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON), Progenics ... «Wall Street Observer, Jul 15»
7
'It's just so unreal'
An air of confusion hung over the residents of Clark Circle Tuesday as they tried to comprehend the deaths of two of their neighbors in a fire the ... «Sanford Herald, Jul 15»
8
This Woman Changed Her Name Just So She Could Log In to …
You might change your name as a spy. Or adopt a new moniker to elude the law. But would you change your name for Facebook? Jemma ... «TIME, Jul 15»
9
A fabulous bracelet that just so happens to charge your phone
There's no shortage of stylish tech these days. Tory Burch FitBit bracelets, cool keychain chargers, and gorgeous USB necklaces, just to name ... «Cool Mom Tech, Jul 15»
10
Sundays are just so boring. And long may they remain so
Not for nothing did John Osborne set the opening and closing scenes of his play Look Back in Anger on a Sunday. If you wanted to strangle ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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