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OK
1[ oh-key, oh-key, oh-key ]
adjective
- all right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control:
Things are OK at the moment.
- correct, permissible, or acceptable; meeting standards:
Is this suit OK to wear to a formal party?
- doing well or in good health; managing adequately:
She's been OK since the operation.
- adequate but unexceptional or unremarkable; tolerable:
The job they did was OK, nothing more.
- estimable, dependable, or trustworthy; likable:
an OK person.
adverb
- all right; well enough; successfully; fine:
She'll manage OK on her own.
He sings OK, but he can't tap dance.
- (used as an affirmative response) yes; surely.
- (used as an interrogative or interrogative tag) all right?; do you agree?
interjection
- (used to express agreement, understanding, acceptance, or the like):
OK, I'll get it for you.
- (used as an introductory or transitional expression):
OK, now where were we?
noun
- an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
They gave their OK to her leave of absence.
OK
2abbreviation for
- Oklahoma (approved especially for use with zip code).
O.K.
1/ ˌəʊˈkeɪ /
sentence substitute
- an expression of approval, agreement, etc
adjective
- in good or satisfactory condition
- permissable
is it O.K. if I go home now?
- acceptable but not outstanding
the party was O.K.
verb
- tr to approve or endorse
noun
- approval or agreement
OK
2abbreviation for
- Oklahoma
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Example Sentences
That was when directors told the company, ‘O.K., take a break, be back in 15.’
“O.K.,” says Scott Skiles, looking up at his newest teammate.
Things are not O.K.” On the back of the page, she scrawled in red ink, “Are you even on my side?
Naco is located around 30 miles south of Tombstone, where one of the most famous gun battles happened at the O.K. Corral.
The legendary Earp-Clanton bloodbath at the O.K. Corral is reenacted frequently.
The slender cargo doors stood open around Valier's girth, awaiting his own personal O.K.
I thought that was all that was holding him back—waiting for his sister to look you over and give you her O.K.?
Getting put out with folks is bad, but isnt making up about O.K?
Moya nodded, lowered and secured the helmet, checked lines, and rapped O.K.
You're in the same boat as the rest of us, and you still keep insisting that the sickmen are O.K.
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