Definitions for Okay

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Okay o·kay

Spelling: [oh-key, oh-key, oh-key]

IPA: /ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ/

Okay is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in Okay (akoy).

Definitions for Okay

noun

1. an approval, agreement, or endorsement:

adverb

1. all right; well enough; successfully; fine:
2. (used as an affirmative response) yes; surely.
3. (used as an interrogative or interrogative tag) all right?; do you agree?

adjective

1. all right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control:
2. correct, permissible, or acceptable; meeting standards:
3. doing well or in good health; managing adequately:
4. adequate but unexceptional or unremarkable; tolerable:
5. estimable, dependable, or trustworthy; likable:

interjection

1. (used to express agreement, understanding, acceptance, or the like):
2. (used as an introductory or transitional expletive):

verb (used with object)

1. to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial:

adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, verb (used with object)

1. OK.

Origin of 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

Examples for Okay

Nobody cares on the Road what you do, so I was okay with my belt-length beard.

King Lear becomes Lear texting “okay who wants a kingdom,” to which Goneril replies “me me I do.”

"okay, Fell," the captain said, without a sign of disapproval.

Allowing some people to discriminate sends the message that discrimination is okay.

Det. 1: okay, now tell us how it went, David—tell us how you did it.

okay, Chief, said Carter, though he knew this would be the toughest job yet.

They did not like punks getting arrested and guns going off without their okay.

He said it was okay, that he had been busy too… busy fighting serious intestinal problems.

My husband rubs my back and makes soothing noises and tells me everything is going to be okay.

Mike says it's okay to serve them if they come in from the beach just as they are.