Define "okay"
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Define "okay"
OK1
ˌōˈkā/
informal
exclamation
exclamation: okay
1.
used to express assent, agreement, or acceptance.
"OK, I'll pass on your message"
synonyms: all right, right, very well, very good, fine, fair enough; More
informalokey-doke, okey-dokey
"OK, I'll go with him"
antonyms: no way
used to introduce an utterance.
"“OK, let's go.”"
adjective
adjective: okay
1.
satisfactory but not exceptionally or especially good.
"the flight was OK"
synonyms: satisfactory, all right, acceptable, competent; adequate, tolerable, passable, reasonable, fair, decent, good enough, not bad, average, middling, moderate, unremarkable, unexceptional; informalso-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', fair-to-middling
"the movie was okay"
antonyms: unsatisfactory, unacceptable
(of a person) in a satisfactory physical or mental state.
"are you OK, Ben?"
synonyms: fine, all right, well, in good shape, in good health, fit, healthy, up to snuff; More
informalas fit as a fiddle, in the pink, as right as rain, hunky-dory
"Jo's feeling OK now"
antonyms: ill, unwell
permissible; allowable.
"I'm not sure if it's OK to say that to a teacher"
synonyms: permissible, allowable, acceptable, all right, in order, permitted, fitting, suitable, appropriate, fine; informalkosher
"is it OK for me to come?"
adverb
adverb: okay
1.
in a satisfactory manner or to a satisfactory extent.
"the computer continues to work OK"
synonyms: all right, fine, well, well enough, satisfactorily, acceptably
"everything seems to be going okay"
noun
noun: okay
1.
an authorization or approval.
"do you know how long it takes for those pen-pushers to give us the OK ?"
synonyms: authorization, approval, (the) seal of approval, agreement, consent, assent, permission, endorsement, ratification, sanction, approbation, confirmation, (the) blessing, leave; More
informal(the) go-ahead, (the) green light, (the) thumbs up, (the) say-so
"he's just given me his OK"
antonyms: refusal
verb
verb: okay
1.
sanction or give approval to.
"the governor recently OK'd the execution of a man who had committed murder"
synonyms: authorize, approve, agree to, consent to, sanction, pass, ratify, endorse, allow, give something the nod, rubber-stamp; More
informalgive the go-ahead, give the green light, give the thumbs up;
formalaccede to
"the move must be okayed by the president"
antonyms: refuse, veto
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