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ajar

[uh-jahr]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

neither entirely open nor entirely shut; partly open.
The door was ajar.

ajar

[uh-jahr]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in contradiction to; at variance with.
a story ajar with the facts.

ajar

/ əˈ��ɑː /

adjective

(esp of a door or window) slightly open

ajar

/ əˈ��ɑː /

adjective

(postpositive) not in harmony

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ajar¹

1350–1400; Middle English on char on the turn; a- ¹, char ³

Origin of ajar²

1545–55; for at jar at discord; jar ³ (noun)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ajar¹

C18: altered form of obsolete on char, literally: on the turn; char, from Old English cierran to turn

Origin of ajar²

C19: altered form of at jar at discord. See _jar ²

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I was continually scaling walls and dragging him, covered in engine grease, out from under a car in the morning after he slipped out the front door left ajar.

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Vatican sources say that was to keep the door for dialogue ajar, even when it seemed hopeless.

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The door to a pilot’s plane appeared to be ajar as it took off from Fullerton Airport, moments before it crashed into a warehouse, according to investigators.

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Behind Judith Bruce, a French door is slightly ajar.

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"The door is ajar for China to position itself as an advocate of free trade and a stable global force," said Mr Cruise of Moody's.

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