okay

A1 Topic:Communication

US /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ UK /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ See IPA manual

Homophones

OK /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/

Freq #76

Meanings

1

intj
used to express agreement, acceptance, or readiness to move on

Okay, I guess they will eat it.
2

adj
satisfactory, acceptable, or not in difficulty

The damaged radio was old but still okay.
3

adv
in a satisfactory or adequate way

The children managed okay on their own for a while.
4

verb
to approve, authorize, or give permission for something

The director okayed the revised launch plan.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 intj · used to express agreement,... all right yes fine

2 adj · satisfactory, acceptable,... all right fine acceptable

3 adv · in a satisfactory or... all right satisfactorily adequately

4 verb · to approve, authorize, or... approve authorize sanction

Opposites

no unacceptable reject forbid

Word family

Related forms OK approval agreement

Etymology

A respelling of OK. The abbreviation was first printed in Boston in 1839 as a humorous shortening of oll korrect, a deliberate misspelling of all correct. It soon spread through political campaigning and became one of English's most widely used expressions.

Topics

Communication

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# okay

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** intj, adj, adv, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 76

## Meanings
1. used to express agreement, acceptance, or readiness to move on
2. satisfactory, acceptable, or not in difficulty
3. in a satisfactory or adequate way
4. to approve, authorize, or give permission for something

## Examples
- Okay, I guess they will eat it.
- The damaged radio was old but still okay.
- The children managed okay on their own for a while.
- The director okayed the revised launch plan.

## Synonyms
- all right
- fine
- acceptable
- approve
- authorize

## Antonyms
- no
- unacceptable
- reject
- forbid

## Related Forms
- OK
- approval
- agreement

## Etymology
A respelling of OK. The abbreviation was first printed in Boston in 1839 as a humorous shortening of oll korrect, a deliberate misspelling of all correct. It soon spread through political campaigning and became one of English's most widely used expressions.

## Topics
- Communication

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