Definitions for okay
ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪokay

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. O.K., OK, okay, okey, okehadjective

   an endorsement

   "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

2. 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"

3. approve, O.K., okay, sanctionadverb

   give sanction to

   "I approve of his educational policies"

4. 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')

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1. okayadjective

   Satifactory; agreeable; pleasant; as, things are okay; he's an okay guy.

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1. okaynoun

   See OK

2. okayverb

   See OK

3. okayadverb

   See OK

4. okayadjective

   See OK

5. okayinterjection

   See OK

6. Etymology: A respelling of OK.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. 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.

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1. 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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1. OKAY

   What does OKAY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the OKAY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'okay' in Adverbs Frequency: #97

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'okay' in Adjectives Frequency: #686

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1735","2"],["1758","1"],["1779","1"],["1813","1"],["1814","1"],["1818","1"],["1820","1"],["1824","3"],["1828","2"],["1834","1"],["1851","2"],["1852","1"],["1853","1"],["1857","1"],["1859","3"],["1862","2"],["1865","1"],["1866","1"],["1869","1"],["1870","1"],["1874","1"],["1878","2"],["1884","1"],["1885","1"],["1887","2"],["1888","1"],["1889","19"],["1890","7"],["1891","1"],["1892","1"],["1894","1"],["1897","12"],["1898","2"],["1900","2"],["1902","8"],["1904","82"],["1905","2"],["1906","3"],["1909","1"],["1911","7"],["1912","2"],["1913","3"],["1914","23"],["1916","2"],["1917","4"],["1919","2"],["1920","3"],["1921","3"],["1922","2"],["1923","43"],["1924","8"],["1925","3"],["1926","25"],["1927","14"],["1928","51"],["1929","25"],["1930","77"],["1931","170"],["1932","126"],["1933","147"],["1934","261"],["1935","296"],["1936","294"],["1937","352"],["1938","352"],["1939","445"],["1940","683"],["1941","600"],["1942","716"],["1943","1196"],["1944","1038"],["1945","926"],["1946","1050"],["1947","1069"],["1948","1526"],["1949","985"],["1950","1137"],["1951","1510"],["1952","1161"],["1953","1410"],["1954","1617"],["1955","1604"],["1956","1843"],["1957","1846"],["1958","1731"],["1959","1843"],["1960","1833"],["1961","2158"],["1962","2407"],["1963","2141"],["1964","2369"],["1965","2803"],["1966","3168"],["1967","3481"],["1968","4506"],["1969","4722"],["1970","6084"],["1971","6090"],["1972","6587"],["1973","8344"],["1974","8781"],["1975","10913"],["1976","12445"],["1977","13080"],["1978","16091"],["1979","17084"],["1980","19731"],["1981","22067"],["1982","25708"],["1983","26324"],["1984","30820"],["1985","36342"],["1986","43106"],["1987","46612"],["1988","50791"],["1989","58140"],["1990","65198"],["1991","68490"],["1992","74967"],["1993","85257"],["1994","93451"],["1995","95867"],["1996","108011"],["1997","115891"],["1998","121339"],["1999","134805"],["2000","166901"],["2001","179087"],["2002","233138"],["2003","260315"],["2004","275331"],["2005","303694"],["2006","297363"],["2007","310215"],["2008","302761"]]

Anagrams for okay »

1. kayo

2. oaky

3. yoak

How to pronounce okay?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say okay in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of okay in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of okay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of okay in a Sentence

1. Dana Perino:

   We know what it’s like when the government pretends everything is going to be okay in Iraq, until it’s not.

2. Jackie Lacey:

   I can't tell you how many times I'll look at a case on television and say, okay, this is coming my way. Let's see what it's about, and I open the book and I say,' Oh, no one mentioned that the guy had a gun, or the woman had a knife.'.

3. Jeff Hull:

   I would like to see it a bit stronger, overall the company is still doing okay.

4. Riley Gaines:

   The majority of us female athletes, or females in general, really, are not okay with this, and they're not okay with the trajectory of this and how this is going and how it could end up in a few years.

5. Dan Radcliffe:

   You would see him get slightly, not annoyed but like, when someone didnt clear a board or theres still a few questions left or when no one really would up with much money because no one had done really well, he would just say, Okay well well come back for Double Jeopardy after the break and Im sure well all do better then. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP You could tell he loved seeing people who are really smart do well and that is the essential joy of a quiz show.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=okay
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=okay
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Okay
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=okay
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=okay