Definitions for okˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
OK
Oklahoma.
OKˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ(adj.; adv.; n.)(pl.)OKs or OK's or O.K.'s or o•kays
or O.K. or o•kay
(adj.)all right; satisfactory:
Is everything OK?
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correct, permissible, or acceptable.
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feeling well.
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safe; sound.
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adequate but unremarkable.
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estimable, likable, or dependable.
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(adv.)all right; well enough; successfully; fine:
He sings OK.
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(used to request or express agreement, acknowledgment, approval, etc.)
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(n.)an approval, agreement, or endorsement.
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(v.t.)to endorse or indicate approval of; authorize.
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Origin of OK:
initials of a facetious folk phonetic spelling, e.g., oll or orl korrect representing all correct, first attested in Boston in 1839, then used in 1840 by Democrat partisans of Martin Van Buren, who allegedly named their organization, the O.K. Club, in allusion to the initials of Old Kinderhook, Van Buren's nickname, derived from his birthplace, Kinderhook, New York
Princeton's WordNet
Oklahoma, Sooner State, OK(noun)
a state in south central United States
O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh(adj)
an endorsement
"they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"
all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory(adverb)
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"
very well, fine, alright, all right, OK(adverb)
an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
Wiktionary
OK(ProperNoun)
a state of the United States of America.
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Translations for ok
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
arrow(noun)
a thin, straight stick with a point, which is fired from a bow.
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