OK

See also ok, ők, ök, and -ök

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /oʊkeɪ/

Etymology 1

An abbreviated comical spelling of "all correct" (oll korrect), first appearing in print in The Boston Morning Post 1839 March 23; part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s. See Metcalf (2011).

Alternative forms

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

Noun

OK (plural OKs)

1. endorsement; approval

   We can start as soon as we get the OK.

Synonyms

• approval, endorsement, green light, thumbs up

Translations

endorsement; approval

• Arabic: حسنًا (ar) (Hasanan), أوكي (ar) ('ukey)
• Armenian: լավ (hy) (lav), բարի (hy) (bari)
• Catalan: d'acord (ca)
• Chechen: дика ду (dika du)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: OK (cmn) (ōukēi), 好 (cmn) (hǎo), 行 (cmn) (xíng), 可以 (cmn) (kěyǐ)

• Dutch: oké, groen licht, goedkeuring
• Estonian: OK (et) okei (et), olgu (et), hästi (et), davai (et)
• Finnish: OK (fi), okei (fi)
• French: OK (fr) m, accord (fr) m, feu vert (fr) m, bénédiction (fr) (colloquial)
• German: Okay (de), OK (de), Gut (de)
• Greek: εντάξει (el) (entáxei)
• Hebrew: הבנתי (he) (ebánti), אוקיי (he) (okéy)
• Hindi: ठीक (hi) (thīk), ओके (hi) (oke)
• Hungarian: OK (hu), oké (hu)
• Italian: ok (it)
• Japanese: オーケー (ja) (ōkē), よし (ja) (yoshi), はい (ja) (hai), 分かった (ja) (わかった, wakatta), 了解 (ja) (りょうかい, ryōkai)

• Korean: 오케이 (ko) (okei), 괜찮아 (ko) (gwaenchana)
• Macedonian: в ред (mk) (v red), добро (mk) (dóbro), важи (mk) (váži), океј (mk) (okéj)
• Norwegian: alt i orden (no)
• Pashto: ښه (ps) (ẍa)
• Polish: w porządku (pl), okej (pl)
• Portuguese: ok (pt), certo (pt)
• Punjabi: ਠੀਕ (ṭhīk)
• Russian: ладно (ru) (ládno), хорошо (ru) (khorošó), окей (ru) (okéj)
• Spanish: aprobación (es), visto bueno (es), okey (es)
• Swedish: okej (sv)
• Thai: ก็ได้ (th) (gôr dâi), โอเค (th) (oh-kay)
• Turkish: onay (tr), olur (tr)
• Ukrainian: окей (uk) (okéj), добре (uk) (dóbre), правильне (uk) (právyl’ne), гаразд (uk) (harázd)
• Vietnamese: tốt (vi), được (vi)

Verb

OK (third-person singular simple present OKs, present participle OKing, simple past and past participle OKed)

1. To approve.

   I don't want to OK this amount of money.

2. (computing) 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.

Translations

approve

• French: approuver (fr), donner le/son feu vert pour (fr), donner son accord pour (fr), donner son aval pour (fr), avaliser (fr)

(computing) activate the OK button

• French: valider (fr)

Synonyms

• approve
• greenlight

Adjective

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

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

• (all right, permissible): allowed, all right, permissible
• (satisfactory): adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory
• (in good health or a good emotional state): fine, well

Antonyms

• (all right, permissible): forbidden
• (satisfactory): bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
• (in good health or a good emotional state): ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell

Translations

all right, permitted

• American Sign Language: O@Side-PalmForward K@Side-PalmForward
• Arabic: حسنًا (ar) (Hásanan), صحيح (ar) (SaHiiH), طيب (ar) (Táyyib), أوكي (ar) ('ukey)
• Catalan: d'acord (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: OK (cmn) (ōukēi), 好 (cmn) (hǎo), 行 (cmn) (xíng), 可以 (cmn) (kěyǐ), 沒事 (cmn), 没事 (cmn) (méishì)

• Estonian: hästi (et), okei (et)
• Finnish: OK (fi), okei (fi)
• French: permis (fr), bien (fr), (be OK) pouvoir (fr) (verb), (be OK) avoir le droit de (verb)
• German: Okay (de), OK (de), Gut (de)
• Hebrew: או. קיי. (he), בסדר (he) (beseder)
• Hindi: ओके (hi) (oke)

• Irish: ceart go leor (ga)
• Italian: (be OK) andare bene (verb)
• Japanese: オーケー (ja) (ōkē), よし (ja) (yoshi), はい (ja), 大丈夫 (ja) (だいじょうぶ, daijōbu), OK (ja) (ōkē)
• Korean: 오케 (ko) (oke)
• Macedonian: в ред (mk) (v red), добро (mk) (dóbro), океј (mk) (okéj)
• Portuguese: OK (pt) m
• Russian: ладно (ru) (ládno), хорошо (ru) (khorošó), окей (ru) (okéj)
• Swedish: okej (sv)
• Tagalog: sige (tl)
• Thai: โอเค (th) (oh-kay)
• Turkish: peki (tr)
• Ukrainian: окей (uk) (okéj), добре (uk) (dóbre)
• Vietnamese: được (vi), tốt (vi)

satisfactory

• American Sign Language: O@Side-PalmForward K@Side-PalmForward
• Estonian: sobib (et), korras (et), kombes (et) okei (et)
• French: acceptable (fr), passable (fr), correct (fr), assez bon, plutôt bon, (be OK) pouvoir aller (verb), (be OK) pouvoir passer (verb), pas mal (fr)
• Georgian: კაი (ka) (kai)
• German: alles in Ordnung (de)

• Korean: 괜찮다 (ko) (gwaenchanta)
• Macedonian: добар (mk) (dóbar) m, океј (mk) (okéj), в ред (mk) (v red)
• Russian: нормально (ru) (normál’no)
• Swedish: okej (sv)
• Vietnamese: được (vi), đâu vào đấy (vi), OK (vi)

in good health or in a good emotional state

• Arabic: بخير (ar) (bi-khayr), أوكي (ar) ('ukey)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒事 (cmn), 没事 (cmn) (méishì), 好 (cmn) (hǎo), OK (cmn) (ōukēi)

• Estonian: hästi (et)
• French: (be OK) aller bien/mieux (verb), (be OK) ça va (fr)
• Georgian: კაი (ka) (kai)
• German: in Ordnung (de) (sein), alles in Ordnung (de) (sein), OK (de),

• Hindi: ठीक (hi) (ṭhīk)
• Italian: (be OK): stare bene (verb)
• Japanese: 大丈夫 (ja) (だいじょうぶ, daijōbu), オーケー (ja) (ōkē), OK (ja) (ōkē)
• Latin: (be in good health) salvēre (verb)
• Macedonian: добро (mk) (dóbro), в ред (mk) (v red)
• Russian: (быть byt’) в порядке (ru) (v porjádke), (быть byt’) всё в порядке (ru) (vsjo v porjádke), окей (ru) (okéj), ОК (ru) (okéj)
• Vietnamese: khỏe (vi)

Adverb

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

1. satisfactorily, sufficiently well

   The team did OK in the playoffs.

Synonyms

• (satisfactorily): adequately, satisfactorily

Antonyms

• (satisfactorily): badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily

Translations

OK

• Dutch: oké/oke, goed
• Finnish: hyvin (fi)
• French: correctement (fr), convenablement (fr), pas mal (fr), assez bien

• Russian: окей (ru) (okej)
• Slovene: v redu (sl)
• Swedish: okej (sv)

Interjection

OK

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   I promise to give it back. Reply: OK.

   Let's meet again this afternoon. Reply: OK.

   Shut up! Reply: OK, OK.

2. An utterance expressing exasperation, similar to "all right!"

   OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!

3. 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...

Synonyms

• all right
• (sentence introduction): now, now then

Translations

acknowledgement or acceptance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好 (cmn) (hǎo), 明白了 (cmn) (míngbái le)

• Czech: OK (cs)
• French: OK (fr), d'accord (fr), entendu (fr)
• Georgian: კაი (ka) (kai)
• Irish: ceart go leor (ga)
• Japanese: 畏まりました (ja) (kashikomarimashita) (very formal, see 分かる), 了解 (ja) (ryōkai)
• Korean: 알겠어요 (ko) (algesseoyo) (very formal, see 알다)

• Malay: baik (ms), okey (ms)
• Navajo: hágoóneeʼ
• Pashto: ښه (ps) (ẍa)
• Persian: باشه (fa) (bấše)
• Russian: ладно (ru) (ládno), хорошо (ru) (xorošó), окей (ru) (okéj)
• Spanish: vale (es), de acuerdo (es)
• Turkish: tamam (tr)

utterance expressing exasperation

• French: OK (fr), d'accord (fr), c'est bon

introdution of a sentence in order to draw attention

• French: bon (fr), OK (fr)

Derived terms

term derived from OK

okay okey-dokey k

'kay m'kay A-OK kthxbye

References

• How 'OK' took over the world, Allan Metcalf, BBC News Magazine (2011 February 18)
• The ‘O’ Word, Roy Blount, Jr., The New York Times Sunday Book Review (2010 November 19)
• OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word, Allan Metcalf, Oxford University Press (2010)
• Fay, Jim (2009-06-16), "The Choctaw Expression Okeh and the Americanism Okay", URL accessed on 2012-01-16.
• Allen Read, the Expert of 'O.K.,' Dies at 96, Douglas Martin, The New York Times Obituaries (2002 October 18)
• What does "OK" stand for?, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope (1985)

See also

• Wikipedia article on "okay"
• Wikipedia article on the "OK" hand gesture
• Wikipedia article on "A-OK" and the hand gesture

Etymology 2

Proper noun

OK

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

Anagrams

• ko , KO

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• 歐克 / 欧克 (ōukè) (one of the ways to transliterate into Chinese characters)

Adjective

OK

1. all right
   • 11樓 - Page 90

     「70%咖啡 OK 嗎?」

   OK嗎？(trad.) / OK吗？(simpl.)

   OK ma?

   Is it OK?

Interjection

OK

1. OK

Synonyms

• 好 (hǎo), 好的 (hǎo de)
• 行 (xíng)

See also

• 卡拉OK (kǎlā OK)

References

• Wenlin Pinyin dictionary

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Swedish

Adverb

OK

1. OK, okay

Synonyms

• okej

Adjective

OK

1. OK, okay

Synonyms

• okej

Interjection

OK

1. OK, okay

Synonyms

• okej