What does Okay mean?
Definitions for Okay
ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪokay
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Okay.
Princeton's WordNet
O.K., OK, okay, okey, okehadjective
an endorsement
"they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"
all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-doryverb
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"
approve, O.K., okay, sanctionadverb
give sanction to
"I approve of his educational policies"
okay, O.K., all right, alrightadverb
in a satisfactory or adequate manner
"she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')
GCIDE
okayadjective
Satifactory; agreeable; pleasant; as, things are okay; he's an okay guy.
Wiktionary
okaynoun
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okayverb
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okayadverb
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okayadjective
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okayinterjection
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Etymology: A respelling of OK.
Wikipedia
Okay
Okay is a song by American band LANY and American singer Julia Michaels. The song was released on April 23, 2019.
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Okay
Okay is an informal term commonly used to convey agreement, acceptance, or understanding. It is often used as a response to a request or statement, indicating that one agrees with or acknowledges what has been said.
Wikidata
Okay
"Okay" is a colloquial word denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, or acknowledgment. "Okay" has frequently turned up as a loanword in many other languages. As an adjective, "okay" means "adequate," "acceptable", "mediocre" often in contrast to "good"; it also functions as an adverb in this sense. As an interjection, it can denote compliance, or agreement. As a verb and noun it means "assent" A versatile discourse marker, it can also be used with appropriate voice tone to show doubt or to seek confirmation.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
OKAY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Okay is ranked #157234 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Okay surname appeared 103 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Okay.
76.7% or 79 total occurrences were White.
12.6% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
7.7% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Okay' in Adverbs Frequency: #97
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Okay' in Adjectives Frequency: #686
Anagrams for Okay »
kayo
oaky
yoak
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Okay in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Okay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Okay in a Sentence
The vaccines are all standing up pretty well -- Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson Johnson -- for severe disease, now, that's not to say that we might not eventually get to a point where we really need people to get boosters to prevent more severe illness. But, really, the majority of the breakthrough infections are colds, maybe flu-like illness -- not the scary illnesses that we were facing before. So my main message is, don't panic. You're going to be okay.
He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.
It's going to have an impact on any child's physical and emotion health, so we need to turn it off and really engage with our kids and make sure that they're okay.
I never thought he was going to hit me, after, Oprah and my kids Kirby and Will called me to ask if I was okay because it looked scary. But I was never worried he was going to hurt me.
I think we'll manage quite okay after coal.
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