OK
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /oʊkeɪ/
Etymology 1 [edit]
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 [edit]
Noun [edit]
OK (plural OKs)
- endorsement; approval
- We can start as soon as we get the OK.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
endorsement; approval
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Verb [edit]
OK (third-person singular simple present OKs, present participle OKing, simple past and past participle OKed)
- To approve.
- I don't want to OK this amount of money.
- (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.
- 2001, Mike Collins, Pro Tools: Practical Recording, Editing and Mixing for Music Production
Translations [edit]
approve
Synonyms [edit]
Adjective [edit]
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
- all right, permitted
- Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?
- satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional
- The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.
- in good health or a good emotional state
- He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
Synonyms [edit]
- (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 [edit]
- (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 [edit]
all right, permitted
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satisfactory
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in good health or in a good emotional state
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Adverb [edit]
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
- satisfactorily, sufficiently well
- The team did OK in the playoffs.
Synonyms [edit]
- (satisfactorily): adequately, satisfactorily
Antonyms [edit]
- (satisfactorily): badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily
Translations [edit]
OK
Interjection [edit]
OK
- 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.
- An utterance expressing exasperation, similar to "all right!"
- OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!
- 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 [edit]
Translations [edit]
acknowledgement or acceptance
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- Wikipedia article on "okay"
- Wikipedia article on the "OK" hand gesture
- Wikipedia article on "A-OK" and the hand gesture
Etymology 2 [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
OK
- Acronym of Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.
Anagrams [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
OK
- all right
- 11樓 - Page 90
- 「70%咖啡 OK 嗎?」
- 11樓 - Page 90
Interjection [edit]
OK
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Swedish [edit]
Adverb [edit]
OK
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Adjective [edit]
OK
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Interjection [edit]
OK