okay

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" "Oh, okay, I'll talk to him and make sure it stops.

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Quick take

an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of okay gathered in one view.

noun

an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

verb

give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

adjective

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for okay.

noun

an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

verb

give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

adjective

adverb

in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')

Example sentences

" "Oh, okay, I'll talk to him and make sure it stops.

Ya, okay, if that is how you feel, I'll go elsewhere.

Not for more equity in a company whose executives are okay with this kind of shit, not to keep a job.

It's okay to be silly sometimes, it's actually important.

So if you have any sort of business where people pay you per click, and they expect those clicks not to be bots, then you need some way to say, "okay, I think I sent you 100 clicks, but let me check if they were all legit, so don't take this number as holy until 24 hours have passed.