OK

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Endorsement

   Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.

   • We can start as soon as we get the OK.
2. 2

   To approve

   To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

   • I don't want to OK this amount of money.
   • In the data case, Judge John Bates has OK’d four depositions, while green-lighting other discovery requests from the challengers.
3. 3

   To confirm by activating a button marked OK.

   • Type a suitable name for your Marker and OK the dialogue box.
   • When you OK the crop, the image size will be adjusted to match the front image resolution.
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   1. 4

      All right, acceptable, permitted.

      • Is it OK if I spend the night?
      • 'Everything O.K. so far as I have found,' was the reassuring answer.
   2. 5

      Satisfactory, reasonably good

      Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.

      • The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.
   3. 6

      Satisfied (with)

      Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.

      • If you leave the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they are OK with that, then it's fine.
   4. 7

      In good health or a good emotional state.

      • He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
      • Are you OK?
      • ‘Are we OK? Is this—?’ She made a gesture to include their two bodies. / ‘This is the OKest I’ve been in years.’
   5. 8

      Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.

      • The team did OK in the playoffs.
   6. 9

      Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

      • I promise to give it back. – OK.
      • Let's meet again this afternoon. – OK.
      • Shut up! – OK, OK.
   7. 10

      Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.

   8. 11

      Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is…

      Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.

      • OK, I'm thinking of a number…
   9. 12

      Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the…

      Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.

      • You always do this to me! When we were at your mother’s, you said that… – OK, OK, …
   10. 13

       Used to sarcastically or sardonically indicate agreement with the previous statement.

   11. 14

       Abbreviation of Oklahoma

       Abbreviation of Oklahoma: a state of the United States.

   12. 15

       Karaoke.

   13. 16

       Alternative letter-case form of OK.

   14. 17

       A language family spoken in Papua New Guinea.

   15. 18

       Alternative form of Ok.

       Alternative form of Ok.: Abbreviation of Oklahoma: a state of the United States.

   16. 19

       Alternative form of OK (“okay”).

The neighborhood

• antonymNG
• antonymforbiddenantonym(s) of “all right, permissible”
• antonymbadantonym(s) of “satisfactory”
• antonyminadequateantonym(s) of “satisfactory”
• antonympoorantonym(s) of “satisfactory”
• antonymunsatisfactoryantonym(s) of “satisfactory”
• antonymillantonym(s) of “in good health or a good emotional state”
• antonympoorlyantonym(s) of “in good health or a good emotional state”
• antonymsickantonym(s) of “in good health or a good emotional state”
• antonymunder the weatherantonym(s) of “in good health or a good emotional state”
• antonymunwellantonym(s) of “in good health or a good emotional state”
• antonymbadlyantonym(s) of “satisfactorily”
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