Ajar

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English

Etymology

Middle English on char, ajar "on the turn" from on + char "turn, occasion" from Old English ċierr, cyrr "turn" from Old English ċierran "to turn, convert". Akin to Dutch akerre, kier "ajar", German kehren "to turn". See char.

Pronunciation

Adverb

Ajar (not comparable)

  1. Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
  2. Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.14:
      There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar [...].

Adjective

Ajar (comparative more Ajar, superlative most Ajar)

  1. Slightly turned or opened; as, the door is ajar (adjective usage).
    When is a door not a door? When it is ajar.
    The pantry door was ajar, so I opened it and took out the jamb.

Verb

Ajar (third-person singular simple present Ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)

  1. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
    • 1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, Volume 10,
      A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
    • 1977, Bill Reed, Dogod,
      Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars, if it hasn't jarred too much already.
    • 2007, Loki, Shard of the Ancient,
      Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.
  2. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
    • 1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, Volume 36,
      It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.

Thesaurus

agape; clashing; conflicting; confused; dehiscent; gaping; grating; harsh; jangling; jangly; jarring; jostling; openmouthed; oscitant; ringent; slack-jawed; warring; yawning

Translations

Adverb

slightly turned or opened
Being at variance or in contradiction to something


Adjective

slightly turned or opened


Anagrams

Indonesian

Verb

ajar (used in the form mengajar)

  1. to teach

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From obsolete ahajar.

Verb

Ajar (first-person singular present ajo, first-person singular preterite ajé, past participle ajado)

  1. (transitive and reflexive) to fade, wither

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ajar
gerund ajando
past participle ajado
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú él/ella
usted 		nosotros vosotros ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ajo ajas aja ajamos ajáis ajan
imperfect ajaba ajabas ajaba ajábamos ajabais ajaban
preterite ajé ajaste ajó ajamos ajasteis ajaron
future ajaré ajarás ajará ajaremos ajaréis ajarán
conditional ajaría ajarías ajaría ajaríamos ajaríais ajarían
subjunctive yo tú él/ella
usted 		nosotros vosotros ellos/ellas
ustedes
present aje ajes aje ajemos ajéis ajen
imperfect
(ra) 		ajara ajaras ajara ajáramos ajarais ajaran
imperfect
(se) 		ajase ajases ajase ajásemos ajaseis ajasen
future ajare ajares ajare ajáremos ajareis ajaren
imperative — tú usted nosotros vosotros ustedes
affirmative aja aje ajemos ajad ajen
negative no ajes no ajes no ajes no ajes no ajes
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