📖 J — The English dictionary · page 7

journeying — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A journeying is a trip or travel from place to place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Journeying is the act of travelling on a long trip.↗ Example: He gave me a sword for my journeyings.↗ · He told us of his journeyings across the sea.↗ · Some months later he came home from his journeyings with gifts.↗ · Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts. — And they set forward.↗ (Torah NUM.10.28, JPS 1917)↗

journeyman — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A journeyman is a skilled worker who has finished his training and now works for wages for a master.↗ Example: The journeyman was a clever carpenter.↗ · The master trusted his journeyman with the shop.↗ · The journeyman left the town and was never seen again.↗

joust — Everyday, meaning 1: To joust was to fight on horseback with long wooden poles called lances, as knights did in the Middle Ages, often as a sport at tournaments.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A joust is one such contest between two knights.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To joust can also mean to argue or compete, as people do in a debate.↗ Example: The knights jousted in front of the king.↗ · Each knight tried to knock the other off his horse in the joust.↗ · We watched a jousting show at the castle.↗ · Jousting was a dangerous sport.↗ · The knight's lance broke during the joust.↗ · The two candidates jousted on television.↗ · In the story, the young squire won his first joust.↗ · Jousting knights wore heavy armour.↗

jovial — Everyday, meaning 1: Jovial means cheerful, friendly and merry in mood.↗ Example: The jovial old man told funny jokes.↗ · The king moved with jovial impatience.↗ · After the feast everyone was in a jovial mood.↗

joviality — Everyday, meaning 1: Joviality is cheerful good humour and a happy, friendly spirit.↗ Example: The joviality of the crowd filled the square.↗ · Everyone joined in the joviality of the feast.↗ · His joviality made the whole class laugh.↗

joy — Everyday, meaning 1: A feeling of great happiness.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person or thing that makes you very happy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, informal) Success or luck: «any joy finding your keys?».↗ Example: She jumped for joy when she won.↗ · The new puppy brought us so much joy.↗ · It's a joy to read this book.↗ · They cried with joy when Grandpa came home.↗ · To our joy, it snowed on Christmas morning.↗ · The baby is her parents' pride and joy.↗ · «Any joy with the homework?»↗ «No, it's still hard.»↗ · The lion was full of joy.↗ · There is nothing better than joy, and nothing worse than sorrow or plague is.↗ [19] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 19) The word ענג signifies joy, and when transposed, forming the word נגע it signifies just the contrary, trouble, plague.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · For an illustration may serve the three letters, ע נ ג There is nothing better than joy, and nothing worse than sorrow or plague.↗ [2:5] But how was it done?↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.↗ (Writings PSA.126.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.↗ (Writings EST.8.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.↗ (Writings PSA.33.3, JPS 1917)↗

joyful — Everyday, meaning 1: Very happy, or full of joy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Causing joy: «joyful news».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) Used in hymns and prayers for happy praise of God: «Make a joyful noise to the Lord».↗ Example: The children gave a joyful shout when it snowed.↗ · It was a joyful day when the puppy came home.↗ · The church choir sang a joyful carol.↗ · «Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.»↗ · Everyone was joyful at the news.↗ · The families had a joyful reunion at the airport.↗ · Wherever they went they met with a joyful greeting.↗ · Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein.↗ (Writings JOB.3.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation.↗ (Writings PSA.35.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children.↗ (Writings PSA.113.9, JPS 1917)↗

joyfully — Everyday, meaning 1: In a very happy, glad way, full of joy.↗ Example: The dog leapt joyfully at the door.↗ · The children ran joyfully into the sea.↗ · The bells rang joyfully on Christmas morning.↗ · Mole cried joyfully when he smelled his old home.↗ · She joyfully opened her birthday present.↗ · The crowd cheered joyfully when the team scored.↗ · "That was Kay!" said Gerda joyfully.↗ · Thou didst take away him that joyfully worked righteousness, those that remembered Thee in Thy ways — behold, Thou wast wroth, and we sinned — upon them have we stayed of old, that we might be saved.↗ (Prophets ISA.64.4, JPS 1917)↗

joyfulness — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The feeling of being joyful and happy.↗ Example: because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; (Torah DEU.28.47, JPS 1917)↗

joyless — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Joyless means without joy, dull and sad.↗ Example: Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed joyless; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.↗ (Writings 2CH.21.20, JPS 1917)↗ · The joyless house was grey and quiet.↗ · They lived a joyless life after the war.↗ · The shades led a joyless existence in the dark land.↗

joyous — Everyday, meaning 1: Full of joy; very happy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Causing great joy: «a joyous occasion».↗ Example: The joyous crowd cheered as the team came home.↗ · Christmas bells rang out with a joyous sound.↗ · It was a joyous day when our new baby sister came home.↗ · The animals held a joyous banquet at Toad Hall.↗ · The children sang a joyous song at the end of term.↗ · Easter is a joyous festival for Christians.↗ · So the days went by like a joyous festival.↗ · Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?↗ (Prophets ISA.22.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn?↗ (Prophets ISA.23.7, JPS 1917)↗ · For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city.↗ (Prophets ISA.32.13, JPS 1917)↗

joyously — Everyday, meaning 1: Joyously means in a joyful, happy way.↗ Example: Rudy laughed joyously and ran to the mill.↗ · The children ran joyously to the beach.↗ · She sang joyously all day long.↗ · The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?↗ (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917)↗

joystick — Everyday, meaning 1: A joystick is a lever that you push in any direction to control a video game, a computer or a machine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A joystick is also the control stick of an aeroplane, used by the pilot to steer it.↗ Example: Push the joystick left to make the car turn.↗ · My game controller has two joysticks.↗ · The pilot pulled back on the joystick.↗ · A joystick is an input device.↗ · The crane driver used a joystick to lift the beam.↗ · Grandad steers his electric wheelchair with a small joystick.↗

jr — Everyday, meaning 1: Jr is short for «Junior», added after a man's name when he has the same name as his father, such as Martin Luther King Jr.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It can also mean junior in other short forms, such as on sports teams or school forms, meaning younger or lower level.↗ Example: Martin Luther King Jr. was a great leader.↗ · Mr Smith Jr. is the son of Mr Smith Sr.↗ · His name is Robert Brown Jr., named after his dad.↗ · We read a speech by Martin Luther King Jr.↗ · Jr is short for Junior.↗ · The jr team plays on Saturday mornings.↗ · On the form, write Jr after your name if you have one.↗ · Sammy Davis Jr. was a famous singer.↗

jubilee — Everyday, meaning 1: A special anniversary celebrating a number of years, especially of a king's or queen's reign: a silver jubilee is 25 years, a golden jubilee 50, a diamond jubilee 60, a platinum jubilee 70.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A time of great celebration and joy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Bible) In the Old Testament, a special year every fiftieth year when slaves were set free, debts were cancelled and land was returned.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church) In the Catholic Church, a special holy year of pilgrimage and forgiveness.↗ Example: Our street had a jubilee party with flags and cakes.↗ · The school celebrated its golden jubilee with a big concert.↗ · A silver jubilee marks twenty-five years.↗ · The town planted trees for the Queen's jubilee.↗ · Grandma kept a jubilee mug in the cupboard.↗ · In the Bible, the year of jubilee was a time when debts were forgiven.↗ · The church held a jubilee service to thank God for fifty years of the parish.↗ · In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.↗ (Torah LEV.25.13, JPS 1917)↗ · If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand.↗ (Torah LEV.27.17, JPS 1917)↗ · For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you; ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.↗ (Torah LEV.25.12, JPS 1917)↗

judaism — Everyday, meaning 1: (religion) Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people, who believe in one God who made a covenant with Abraham and gave the Torah to Moses.↗ Example: Judaism teaches that there is one God.↗ · The Torah is the most holy book in Judaism.↗ · In Judaism, Shabbat begins on Friday evening.↗ · We visited a synagogue to learn about Judaism.↗ · Rachel's family follows Reform Judaism.↗ · Judaism has many festivals with special foods.↗

judas — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus' twelve disciples who betrayed him to the authorities for thirty pieces of silver, giving him away with a kiss.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Judas is anyone who betrays a friend; it is a strong insult.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Bible) Another disciple, Jude (Judas son of James), had the same name but was faithful.↗ Example: Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss in the garden.↗ · Judas was paid thirty pieces of silver.↗ · Peter denied Jesus, but Judas betrayed him.↗ · "You Judas!" shouted Sam when his friend told the secret.↗ · After the betrayal, Judas was full of sorrow.↗ · The traitor's handshake was a Judas kiss.↗

judge — Everyday, meaning 1: A judge is the person in charge of a court of law who makes sure trials are fair and decides punishments.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A judge is a person who decides who wins a competition.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To judge is to form an opinion about someone or something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To judge a competition is to decide the winner.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To judge a distance, size or speed is to estimate it.↗ Example: The judge said the man was guilty.↗ · The judges chose her painting as the winner.↗ · Don't judge people by their clothes.↗ · It is hard to judge how fast a car is going.↗ · Judging by the clouds, it will rain.↗ · You can't judge a book by its cover.↗ · My dad is a judge at the dog show.↗ · Judge for yourself which answer makes sense.↗ · "That I promise," said the judge.↗ · Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.↗ (Torah GEN.49.16, JPS 1917)↗ · For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.↗ (Torah DEU.32.31, JPS 1917)↗ · Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.↗ (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jephthah judged Israel six years.↗ (Prophets JDG.12.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And he judged Israel seven years.↗ (Prophets JDG.12.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And he judged Israel twenty years.↗ (Prophets JDG.16.31, JPS 1917)↗

judgement — Everyday, meaning 1: Judgement is the ability to make good, sensible decisions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A judgement is an opinion you form after thinking about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) A judgement is the official decision of a judge or court.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church, Bible) The Last Judgement or Judgement Day is when, Christians believe, God will judge all people at the end of time.↗ Example: Use your judgement before crossing the road.↗ · Against my better judgement, I ate the fifth cake.↗ · Don't make judgements about people by their clothes.↗ · The judge gave her judgement after hearing both sides.↗ · Christians believe in a final Day of Judgement.↗ · Her good judgement kept the team safe on the mountain.↗ · It was an error of judgement to leave the door open.↗

judgest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «judgest» means «you judge», a form of «judge».↗ e.g. A judge is the person in charge of a court of law who makes sure trials are fair and decides punishments.↗

judgment — Everyday, meaning 1: Judgment is the ability to make good, sensible decisions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A judgment is an opinion you form after thinking about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) A judgment is a decision made by a judge or a court.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Bible, church) Judgment Day or the Last Judgment is when, Christians believe, God will judge all people at the end of time.↗ Example: Use your judgment and stay away from the riverbank in a flood.↗ · She showed good judgment when she told a teacher.↗ · The judge gave her judgment in the afternoon.↗ · Don't pass judgment on him before you know the facts.↗ · It's a judgment call whether to play in the rain.↗ · Against my better judgment, I ate the whole bag of sweets.↗ · Christians believe in a final Judgment Day.↗ · "I can imagine no better judgment."↗ · Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.↗ (Torah EXO.23.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.↗ (Torah LEV.19.35, JPS 1917)↗ · God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'↗ (Torah GEN.31.42, JPS 1917)↗ · So they executed judgment upon Joash.↗ (Writings 2CH.24.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Wilt thou even make void My judgment?↗ (Writings JOB.40.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus far is the judgment of Moab.↗ (Prophets JER.48.47, JPS 1917)↗