Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do justice

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: do jus-tice
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To allow to be apprehended in its full scope.

verb

To enjoy to the full.

Example Sentences

"It was classified as "all others" under vehicle type […], but that category doesn't do a motorized barstool justice."
"And it’s daunting because each segment has to tell a full, complete story in something like six minutes while doing justice to revered source material and including the non-stop laughs and genius gags that characterized The Simpsons in its god-like prime."
"[…] a magnificent cold supper was awaiting him in the dining-room, where he did full justice to a game pie and a bottle of claret."

Inflected Forms

does justice (present, singular) doing justice (participle, present) did justice (past) done justice (participle, past)

Antonyms

do injustice

Questions

What does do justice mean?: To allow to be apprehended in its full scope.

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