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# ajar

adjective or adverb (ajar, no forms)

«ajar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Ajar means a door or window partly open, not shut and not wide open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ajar/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a door left ajar lets someone peep in or hear voices

### Examples

- The back door stood ajar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ajar/#x1)
- Leave the window ajar so the room gets some air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ajar/#x2)
- Through the ajar door she heard sobbing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ajar/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ajar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ajar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ajar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ajar.html) on Mova free.