ajar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from Old English ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ajar (not comparable)
- Slightly turned or opened.
- The door was standing ajar.
- 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 [...].
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.14:
Translations[edit]
slightly turned or opened
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Being at variance or in contradiction to something
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Adjective[edit]
ajar (comparative more ajar, superlative most ajar)
- Slightly turned or opened.
Translations[edit]
slightly turned or opened
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Verb[edit]
ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)
- (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.
- 1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, Volume 10,
- (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.
- 1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, Volume 36,
Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Verb[edit]
ajar (used in the form mengajar)
- to teach
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From obsolete ahajar.
Verb[edit]
ajar (first-person singular present ajo, first-person singular preterite ajé, past participle ajado)
- (transitive and reflexive) to fade, wither
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of ajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | ajar | ||||||
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| gerund | ajando | ||||||
| past participle | ajado | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | ajo | ajastú ajásvos |
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 vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | aje | ajestú ajésvos1 |
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 vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | ajatú ajávos |
aje | ajemos | ajad | ajen | ||
| negative | no ajes | no aje | no ajemos | no ajéis | no ajen | ||
1 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
