OKexclamation
also okay uk/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/us/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/OK exclamation (AGREEING)
A1 used to show that you agree with something or agree to do something:
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Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance
- accha
- achha
- amen
- amen to that idiom
- as you wish/like idiom
- beggar
- couldn't agree/disagree more idiom
- course
- I know idiom
- I wouldn't say no idiom
- know
- mind
- no problemo
- of course idiom
- okey-doke
- right
- take
- ten-four
- there you go idiom 1
- you said it! idiom
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OK exclamation (UNDERSTAND)
A2 used to check that someone understands something or that they agree to something:
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Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- penetrate
- picture
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
- understand
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OK exclamation (ACTION)
A2 informal used as a way of showing that you are going to take action or start something new:
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- Okay, let's get going!
- OK, is everyone ready?
- Okay, today I'm going to tell you a bit about Picasso.
- OK, now that everyone's here, we'll sit down.
- OK, Stephanie, could you tell us what you've been doing this week?
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Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- ergo
- hereby
- I mean idiom
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- so
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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OK exclamation (PAUSE)
not standard used in the middle of a sentence as a way of pausing:
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Linguistics: interjections
- (well) what do you know! idiom
- aiyo
- alas
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- bam
- bless
- boo
- charming
- good show idiom
- goodness
- heck
- hot dog! idiom
- talk
- use your loaf idiom
- voilà
- wake up! idiom
- watch out
- what an idea! idiom
- yes
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OKadjective
also okay uk/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/us/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/informalOK adjective (AGREED)
A2 agreed or acceptable:
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- "Well okay, perhaps I was a little hard on her, " he conceded.
- "Are you sure it's okay for me to use your mother's car?" "Positive."
- Don't rock the boat until the negotiations are finished, okay!
- "We'll be at your house at round about nine o'clock, okay?"
- I'd like to run through a few points with you, if that's okay.
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Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance
- accha
- achha
- amen
- amen to that idiom
- as you wish/like idiom
- beggar
- couldn't agree/disagree more idiom
- course
- I know idiom
- I wouldn't say no idiom
- know
- mind
- no problemo
- of course idiom
- okey-doke
- right
- take
- ten-four
- there you go idiom 1
- you said it! idiom
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OK adjective (ACCEPTABLE)
A1 in a satisfactory state or of a satisfactory quality:
A2 not bad but certainly not good:
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- You look ghastly - are you okay?
- Don't panic! Everything will be okay.
- Would you pop upstairs and see if Grandad is okay?
- I ring home once a week to tell my parents I'm okay.
- The doctor says that it's touch-and-go whether Mary will be okay.
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Quite good, or not very good
- acceptable
- adequate
- agreeable
- all very well idiom
- all very well/fine/good idiom
- cut
- fair
- half decent
- iffy
- impure
- indifferent
- kind
- pass
- patchy
- reasonable
- refined
- rose
- rough
- rough edges idiom
- satisfactory
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OKadverb
also okay uk/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/us/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/informalA2 in a satisfactory way:
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- We managed to find the house OK.
- Did you get the work finished okay?
- The document printed out okay.
- I just need to check that the payment has come through OK.
- The house sale seems to be going through OK.
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Quite good, or not very good
- acceptable
- adequate
- agreeable
- all very well idiom
- all very well/fine/good idiom
- cut
- fair
- half decent
- iffy
- impure
- indifferent
- kind
- pass
- patchy
- reasonable
- refined
- rose
- rough
- rough edges idiom
- satisfactory
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OKverb [ T ]
present tense OK's, present participle OK'ing, past tense and past participle OK'd also okay present tense okays, present participle okaying, past tense and past participle okayed uk/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/us/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/informalto agree to something:
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- embrace
- gauntlet
- leap
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- respect
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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OKnoun
uk/ˌəʊˈkeɪ/us/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/OK noun (PERMISSION)
permission:
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Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- concession
- green
- head
- leave
- let
- let sb/sth in
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- open the floodgates idiom
- sanction
- submit
- unlicensed
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OK noun (ADDRESS)
written abbreviation for the US state of Oklahoma: used in addresses
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Towns & regions: named regions of countries
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- AK
- AL
- Alderney
- English Canadian
- Fife
- FL
- Flintshire
- Florida
- NC
- nd
- New England
- New Englander
- New Hampshire
- the Middle West
- the Midlands
- the Midwest
- the Sunbelt
- the West Coast
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