- Oklahoma
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
OK or O.K. or o•kay /ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ/USA pronunciation
adj., adv., n., pl. OKs or OK's or O.K.'s or o•kays, v., OK'd or O.K.'ed or o•kayed, OK'•ing or O.K.'•ing or o•kay•ing, interj.
adj.
adv.
n. [countable]
v. [~ + object]
interj.
OK, an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024adj.
- all right;
satisfactory:[be/seem + ~]Is everything OK? Things seem OK at the moment. - correct, permissible, or acceptable:[usually: be + ~]Let's leave, if that's OK with you.
- feeling well:[be + ~]The patient's OK now.
- safe:[be + ~]Stay behind me and you'll be OK.
- good enough;
adequate:an OK speech; The play was just OK.
adv.
- all right;
well enough;
successfully;
fine:We got along OK.
n. [countable]
- an approval:Do you have an OK to do this?
v. [~ + object]
- to approve;
authorize:O.K.'ed the plan.
interj.
- (used to express the speaker's agreement with what has been said):"Will you come with me now?''—"OK, I guess so.''
- (used to express the speaker's desire to see if the person spoken to understands what has been said):Turn the ignition on when I signal, OK?
- (used to express the desire to be finished with one subject and move to a new one):OK, let's turn now to Chapter 10.
OK, an abbreviation of:
- Oklahoma.
OK,
OK (ō′kā′, ō′kā′, ō′kā′),USA pronunciation adj., adv., interj., n., pl. OK's, v., OK'd, OK'ing.
adj.
adv.
interj.
n.
v.t.
- Oklahoma (approved esp. for use with zip code).
OK (ō′kā′, ō′kā′, ō′kā′),USA pronunciation adj., adv., interj., n., pl. OK's, v., OK'd, OK'ing.
adj.
- all right;
proceeding normally;
satisfactory or under control:Things are OK at the moment. - correct, permissible, or acceptable;
meeting standards:Is this suit OK to wear to a formal party? - doing well or in good health;
managing adequately:She's been OK since the operation. - adequate but unexceptional or unremarkable;
tolerable:The job they did was OK, nothing more. - estimable, dependable, or trustworthy;
likable:an OK person.
adv.
- all right;
well enough;
successfully;
fine:She'll manage OK on her own. He sings OK, but he can't tap dance. - (used as an affirmative response) yes;
surely. - (used as an interrogative or interrogative tag) all right?;
do you agree?
interj.
- (used to express agreement, understanding, acceptance, or the like):OK, I'll get it for you.
- (used as an introductory or transitional expletive):OK, now where were we?
n.
- an approval, agreement, or endorsement:They gave their OK to her leave of absence.
v.t.
- to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.);
authorize;
initial:Would you OK my application?Also, O.K., okay.
- initials of a facetious folk phonetic spelling, e.g., oll or orl korrect representing all correct, first attested in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1839, then used in 1840 by Democrat partisans of Martin Van Buren during his election campaign, 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
- Few Americanisms have been more successful than ok, which survived the political campaign of 1840 that fostered it, quickly lost its political significance, and went on to develop use as a verb, adverb, noun, and interjection. The expression was well known in England by the 1880s. Today ok has achieved worldwide recognition and use. It occurs in all but the most formal speech and writing.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
OK abbreviation for
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
O.K. /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ informal sentence substitute O.K.s
Also: OK, o.k., okay Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from o(ll) k(orrect), jocular alteration of all correct
- an expression of approval, agreement, etc
- in good or satisfactory condition
- permissable: is it O.K. if I go home now?
- acceptable but not outstanding: the party was O.K.
- (transitive) to approve or endorse
- approval or agreement
Also: OK, o.k., okay Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from o(ll) k(orrect), jocular alteration of all correct
'OK' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):