what does okay mean?
OKAY as NOUN
- Meaning
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- they gave us the O.K. to go ahead
Hypernyms(s) okay is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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OKAY as VERB
- Meaning
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- I approve of his educational policies
Hypernyms(s) okay is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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OKAY as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
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- 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
Similar To
OKAY as ADVERB
- Meaning
- in a satisfactory or adequate manner
- (`alright” is a nonstandard variant of `all right”)
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- she”ll do okay on her own
- held up all right under pressure
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