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[edit] Etymology 1

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


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Singular
OK

Plural
OKs

OK (plural OKs)

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

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Infinitive
to OK

Third person singular
OKs

Simple past
OKed

Past participle
OKed

Present participle
OKing

to 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.

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OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

Positive
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.

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OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

Positive
OK

Comparative
more OK

Superlative
most OK

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

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OK!

  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...

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OK

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

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OK (Pinyin OK)

  1. OK; acceptable; passed

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OK

  1. OK, okay

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OK

  1. OK, okay

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OK

  1. OK, okay

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