adj
Meaning 1
Having a justification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The act was fully justified.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
justified
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned, with the space between words adjusted as necessary. Also called fully justified to contrast with left-justified and right-justified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of justify
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُبَرَّر (mubarrar) — having a justification
- Belarusian: апра́ўданы (apráwdany) — having a justification
- Belarusian: апраўда́ны (aprawdány) — having a justification
- Bulgarian: опра́вдан (oprávdan) — having a justification
- Catalan: justificat — having a justification
- Chinese Mandarin: 正當的 /正当的 (zhèngdàng de) — having a justification
- Danish: berettiget — having a justification
- Dutch: gerechtvaardigd — having a justification
- Faroese: rættvísgjørdur — having a justification
- Finnish: perusteltu — having a justification
- Finnish: aiheellinen — having a justification
- French: justifié — having a justification
- French: motivé — having a justification
- German: gerechtfertigt — having a justification
- Greek: δικαιολογημένος (dikaiologiménos) — having a justification
- Icelandic: réttnefndur — having a justification
- Italian: giustificato — having a justification
- Latin: iūstus — having a justification
- Polish: uprawniony — having a justification
- Russian: опра́вданный (oprávdannyj) — having a justification
- Spanish: justificado — having a justification
- Swedish: rättfärdigad — having a justification
- Ukrainian: ви́правданий (výpravdanyj) — having a justification
- Urdu: جائز (jā'iz) — having a justification
- Chinese Mandarin: 兩端對齊的 /两端对齐的 — having lines arranged on a page or computer screen
- Finnish: tasattu — having lines arranged on a page or computer screen
- French: justifié — having lines arranged on a page or computer screen
- Hungarian: sorkizárt — having lines arranged on a page or computer screen
- Hungarian: tömbös — having lines arranged on a page or computer screen
- Japanese: 揃え (soroe) — having lines arranged on a page or computer screen
Real reading context