ajar

UK /əˈd͡ʒɑː/ US /əˈd͡ʒɑɹ/

adv 3verb 2adj 1noun 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, stand

The kitchen window was left ajar on that warm summer afternoon.

leave sth

He always leaves his bedroom window ajar at night for fresh air.

ADV

slightly

Definitions

adv

Slightly turned or opened.

The door was standing ajar.

adj

Slightly turned or opened.

The door is ajar.

I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]

verb

To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.

A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.

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.

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Example Bank

The door was standing ajar.

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The door is ajar.

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I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]

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A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.

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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.

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Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ajar is marked as archaic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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