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Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: ō'kāʹ
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
Audio (GenAm) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌəˈkæɪ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌaʉˈkæɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1[edit]
Origin disputed. Wikipedia lists many possible etymologies, of which the most widely accepted is that it is an abbreviation of oll/orl korrect, a comical spelling of all correct, which first appeared in print in The Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839, as part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s. The expression became popular through its use in the presidential campaign of Martin Van Buren in 1840 and then slowly acquired other meanings.
The Choctaw word oke, okeh (“it is so”), common in Choctaw translations of the Bible, could also explain OK's variety of affirmative definitions. Additionally, okeh was the most common etymology of okay in dictionaries until the 1960s, and linguistically predates Boston's O.K.. However, this theory suffers from the fact that the Choctaw language was relatively obscure and generally spoken (sometimes in a pidgin form) mainly with African-American slaves.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Endorsement; approval.
- We can start as soon as we get the OK.
Synonyms[edit]
- (endorsement or approval): approval, endorsement, green light, go-ahead, nod, thumbs up
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Verb[edit]
OK (third-person singular simple present OKs or OK's, present participle OKing or OK'ing, simple past and past participle OKed or OK'd)
- (transitive) To approve.
- I don't want to OK this amount of money.
- (transitive, 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.
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Adjective[edit]
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
- All right, acceptable, 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.
- 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: Or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, part second, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, OCLC 30743985:
- One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.
- Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
- 2012, Roni Jay, The The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do For Your Children
- If you leave the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they are OK with that, then it's fine.
- 2012, Roni Jay, The The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do For Your Children
- 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): NG, bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
- (in good health or a good emotional state): ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell
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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): NG, badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily
Translations[edit]
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Interjection[edit]
OK
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
- Synonyms: okey-dokey, okeh, okey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, all right
- I promise to give it back. – OK.
- Let's meet again this afternoon. – OK.
- Shut up! – OK, OK.
- OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Come by this afternoon. — Okay.
Audio (US) (file)
- Come by this afternoon. — Okay.
- (computing) Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
- Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
- Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
- You always do this to me! When we were at your mother’s, you said that… – OK, OK, …
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Afrikaans: oukei
- → Arabic: أُوكِي (ʾokey), أُوكَي (ʾukay)
- → Chinese:
- → Danish: okay, OK
- → Dutch: oké
- → Esperanto: okej
- → Estonian: okei
- → Finnish: okei
- → French: okay
- → German: okay
- → Hebrew: אוקי (okéy)
- → Hindi: ओके (oke)
- → Hungarian: oké
- → Icelandic: ókei
- → Italian: ok
- → Japanese: OK (ōkē), オーケー (ōkē)
- → Korean: OK (okei), 오케이 (okei)
- → Macedonian: океј (okej)
- → Malay: okey
- → Polish: okej
- → Portuguese: OK
- → Russian: окей (okej)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: okay, okey
- → Swedish: okej
- → Thai: โอเค (oo-kee)
- → Turkish: okey
- → Ukrainian: окей (okej)
- → West Frisian: okee
See also[edit]
- oll korrect
- 👌
- Wikipedia article on "okay"
- Wikipedia article on the "OK" hand gesture
- Wikipedia article on "A-OK" and the hand gesture
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)
- Jim Fay (16 September 2009), “The Choctaw Expression "Okeh" and the Americanism "Okay"”, in Illinoisprairie.info[1], archived from the original on 24 December 2010.
- 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)
- OK at OneLook Dictionary Search
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
OK
- United States postal abbreviation for Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.
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Chinese[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
OK
Interjection[edit]
OK
Synonyms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
OK
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
OK f (plural OK's)
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch operatiekamer of operatie (“surgery”) + kamer (“room”).
Noun[edit]
OK (first-person possessive OKku, second-person possessive OKmu, third-person possessive OKnya)
- (healthcare, colloquial) operating theatre, operating room.
- Synonym: kamar bedah
Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) オーケー [óꜜòkèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) オーケー [òóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
- (Tokyo) オーケー [òókéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
- IPA(key): [o̞ːke̞ː]
Noun[edit]
- agreement; approval; okay
- 2009 January 10, Ohba, Tsugumi; Obata, Takeshi, “3ページ ペンとネーム [Page 3: Pens and Names]”, in BAKUMAN。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:
- マンガの下描きみたいなもん まずこれを描いて編集者に見せてOKが出たら初めて原稿にできるOKが出るまでは何度でも描き直し もっともネームで見せていいのはマンガ家としての才能を認められた奴な
- Manga no shitagaki mitai na mon Mazu kore o kaite henshūsha ni misete ōkē ga detara hajimete genkō ni dekiru ōkē ga deru made wa nando demo kakinaoshi Motto mo nēmu de misete ii no wa mangaka toshite no sainō o mitomerareta yatsu na
- It’s basically a rough sketch for manga. First you make one and show it to the editor, and only if it’s okayed can you go ahead with the draft. You may have to do it over a couple of times till it gets the okay. Though good mangaka can just pass with the name alone.
- マンガの下描きみたいなもん まずこれを描いて編集者に見せてOKが出たら初めて原稿にできるOKが出るまでは何度でも描き直し もっともネームで見せていいのはマンガ家としての才能を認められた奴な
- no problem
Antonyms[edit]
- NG (enujī)
Adjective[edit]
OK or OK • (ōkē or okkē) -na (adnominal OKな (ōkē na), adverbial OKに (ōkē ni))
Interjection[edit]
- OK
- 2009 August 25, Amano, Kozue, “第2話 夢ヶ丘高校 [Chapter 2: Yumegaoka High School]”, in あまんちゅ! [AMANCHU!], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, pages 33–38:
- その1「準備」っ OK‼その2「位置」っ お家の玄関 OK‼その3「時間」っ 7時30分 OK‼その4「空気」っ…………ピッ OK‼その5「行動」っ レッツらゴ——!OK‼
- Sono ichi “Junbi”h okkē!! Sono ni “Ichi”h o-uchi no genkan okkē!! Sono san “Jikan”h shichiji sanjuppun okkē!! Sono yon “Kūkan”h... pih okkē!! Sono go “Kōdō”h rettsu ra gō—! Okkē!!
- Number 1 “Preparation”, check!! Number 2 “Location”: Entryway, check!! Number 3 “Time”: 7:30, check!! Number 4 “Air”... Hwee, check!! Number 5 “Action”: Let’s la gooo! Check!!
- その1「準備」っ OK‼その2「位置」っ お家の玄関 OK‼その3「時間」っ 7時30分 OK‼その4「空気」っ…………ピッ OK‼その5「行動」っ レッツらゴ——!OK‼
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞kʰe̞i]
- Phonetic hangul: [오케이]
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Revised Romanization? | okei |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | okei |
McCune–Reischauer? | ok'ei |
Yale Romanization? | o.kheyi |
Noun[edit]
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Interjection[edit]
- (colloquial) OK
Portuguese[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English OK.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
OK
Noun[edit]
OK m (plural OKs)
- OK (an indication of acknowledgement or acceptance)
Swedish[edit]
Adverb[edit]
OK
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OK
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OK
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Vietnamese[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔo˧˧ ke˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔow˧˧ kej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔow˧˧ kej˧˧]
- Phonetic: ô kê
Interjection[edit]
OK
- (informal) OK, okay (acknowledgement or acceptance)
- (computing) OK, okay (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt)
Synonyms[edit]
- (acknowledgement or acceptance): ờ, ừ, ừm
- (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt): được
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