"just in time" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} just in time (not comparable)
  1. At the last possible moment; just before or within the assigned time. Wikipedia link: en:Just in Time (disambiguation) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: at the eleventh hour, in the nick of time, in pudding time [idiomatic, obsolete], just in time, last-minute, not a minute too soon [idiomatic], under the wire [idiomatic] Hypernyms: eventually, in time Derived forms: JIT, just-in-time Related terms: not before time Translations (Translations): just a temps (Catalan), a l'hora justa (Catalan), ĝustatempe (Esperanto), juuri sopivasti (Finnish), juuri oikeaan aikaan (Finnish), juste à temps (French), gerade noch rechtzeitig (German), bem na hora (Portuguese), exact la timp (Romanian), как раз (kak raz) (Russian), justo a tiempo (Spanish), precis i tid (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-just_in_time-en-adv-7qq75fCK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "word": "juuri oikeaan aikaan"
    },
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      "word": "juste à temps"
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