OK
OK - English
Pronunciation
- (unstressed)
- IPA: /əˈkeɪ/
Alternative forms
Noun
- Endorsement; approval.
- We can start as soon as we get the OK.
Synonyms
- (endorsement or approval): approval, endorsement, green light, go-ahead, nod, thumbs up
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Verb
OK (third-person singular simple present OKs or OK's, present participle OKing or OK'ing, simple past and past participle OKed or OK'd)
- (transitive) To approve.
- I don't want to OK this amount of money.
- (transitive, computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
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Adjective
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
- All right, acceptable, permitted.
- Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?
- Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
- The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.
- Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
- In good health or a good emotional state.
- He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
Synonyms
- (all right, permissible): allowed, all right, permissible
- (satisfactory): adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory
- (in good health or a good emotional state): fine, well
Antonyms
- (all right, permissible): forbidden
- (satisfactory): NG, bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
- (in good health or a good emotional state): ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell
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Adverb
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
- Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.
- The team did OK in the playoffs.
Synonyms
- (satisfactorily): adequately, satisfactorily
Antonyms
- (satisfactorily): NG, badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily
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Interjection
OK
- Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
- (computing) Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
- Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
- 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, …
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Afrikaans: oukei
- → Arabic: أُوكِي (ʔokey), أُوكَي (ʾukay)
- → Chinese:
- → Danish: okay, OK
- → Dutch: oké
- → Esperanto: okej
- → Estonian: okei
- → Finnish: okei
- → French: okay
- → German: okay
- → Hebrew: אוקי (okéy)
- → Hindi: ओके (oke)
- → Hungarian: oké
- → Icelandic: ókei
- → Italian: ok
- → Japanese: OK (ōkē), オーケー (ōkē)
- → Korean: OK (okei), 오케이 (okei)
- → Macedonian: океј (okej)
- → Malay: okey
- → Polish: okej
- → Portuguese: OK
- → Russian: окей (okej)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: okay, okey
- → Swedish: okej
- → Thai: โอเค (oo-kee)
- → Turkish: okey
- → Ukrainian: окей (okej)
- → West Frisian: okee
Proper noun
OK
- United States postal abbreviation for Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.
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Synonyms
Noun
OK (plural not attested)
- (Hong Kong) Karaoke.
Anagrams
OK - Chinese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): ōukèi, ōukēi
- (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄎㄟˋ, ㄡ ㄎㄟ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ou1 kei1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: OK
- Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄎㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: oukèi
- Wade–Giles: ou1-kʻei4
- Yale: ōu-kèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oukey
- Palladius: оукэй (oukɛj)
- Sinological IPA : /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: OK
- Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄎㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: oukei
- Wade–Giles: ou1-kʻei1
- Yale: ōu-kēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oukei
- Palladius: оукэй (oukɛj)
- Sinological IPA : /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ou1 kei1
- Yale: ōu kēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: ou1 kei1
- Guangdong Romanization: ou1 kéi1
- Sinological IPA : /ou̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
OK
Interjection
OK
- (colloquial, nonstandard) OK
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Adverb
OK
OK - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /oːˈkaː/
Noun
OK f (plural OK's)
- Abbreviation of operatiekamer.
OK - Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈokei̯/, [ˈo̞k̟e̞i̯]
- IPA: /ˈoːkoː/, [ˈo̞ːko̞ː]
Adjective
OK
- Alternative form of okei
Interjection
OK
OK - French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔk/, /ɔ.ke/
Interjection
OK
OK - Indonesian
Noun
OK (first-person possessive OKku, second-person possessive OKmu, third-person possessive OKnya)
- (healthcare, colloquial) operating theatre, operating room.
- Synonym: kamar bedah
OK - Japanese
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) オーケー [óꜜòkèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) オーケー [òóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [2])
- (Tokyo) オーケー [òókéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA: [o̞ːke̞ː]
- (Tokyo) オッケー [óꜜkkèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA: [o̞k̚ke̞ː]
Noun
Antonyms
- NG (enujī)
Adjective
OK or OK • (ōkē or okkē) -na (adnominal OKな (ōkē na), adverbial OKに (ōkē ni))
Interjection
OK - Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [o̞kʰe̞i]
- Phonetic hangul: [오케이]
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Revised Romanization? | okei |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | okei |
McCune–Reischauer? | ok'ei |
Yale Romanization? | o.kheyi |
Noun
OK • (okei) (hangeul 오케이)
- (colloquial) good
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Interjection
OK • (okei) (hangeul 오케이)
- (colloquial) OK
OK - Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA: /oˈkej/ [oˈkeɪ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈkɐj/
- (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈkɐj/
- (Central Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈkej/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈke/
Interjection
OK
Noun
OK m (plural OKs)
- OK (an indication of acknowledgement or acceptance)
OK - Swedish
Adverb
OK
Synonyms
Adjective
OK
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Interjection
OK
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OK - Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔo˧˧ ke˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA: [ʔow˧˧ kej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [ʔow˧˧ kej˧˧]
- Phonetic: ô kê
Interjection
OK
- (informal) OK, okay (acknowledgement or acceptance)
- (computing) OK, okay (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt)