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adjective


(1)   Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
"An all-right movie"
"The passengers were shaken up but are all right"
"Is everything all right?"
"Everything's fine"
"Things are okay"
"Dinner and the movies had been fine"
"Another minute I'd have been fine"

adverb


(2)   An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

noun


(3)   An endorsement
"They gave us the O.K. to go ahead"
(4)   A state in south central United States
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Etymology 1


Abbreviated fanciful spelling of "all correct" (oll korrect), as part of a fad for similar comical abbreviations (of which no others have survived) in the United States in the late 1830s.

Alternative forms

  • O.K., okay, okey-dokey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK

Noun



  1. endorsement; approval
    We can start as soon as we get the OK.

Verb



  1. To approve.
    I don't want to OK this amount of money.
  2. To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
    • 2001, Mike Collins, Pro Tools: Practical Recording, Editing and Mixing for Music Production
      Type a suitable name for your Marker and OK the dialogue box.
    • 2008, Martin Evening, Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers
      When you OK the crop, the image size will be adjusted to match the front image resolution.

Adjective



  1. all right, permitted
    Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?
  2. satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional
    The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.
  3. in good health or a good emotional state
    He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.

Synonyms
allowed, all right, permissible adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory fine, well
Antonyms
forbidden bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell

Adverb



  1. satisfactorily, sufficiently well
    The team did OK in the playoffs.

Interjection



  1. An utterance expressing exasperation, similar to "all right!"
    OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!
  2. Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
    OK, I'm thinking of a number...

See also




  1. Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.
 
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