{ bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195464', size: [160, 600] }}, iasLog("criterion : cdo_tc = resp"); { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654152' }}, "She laughed." { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [300, 50] }}, The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [300, 250] }}, Greek: Εντάξει! It is used in Japan and Korea in a somewhat restricted sense, fairly equivalent to "all right". }] Similar particles exist in native language groups distinct from Iroquoian (Algonquian, Cree cf. Polish: OK! if(pl_p) { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '19042093' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, 's or o•kays, v., OK'd or O.K. k.' is actually in the manuscript",[37] later recanted his endorsement of the expression, asserting that it was used no earlier than 1839. OK translation in German - English Reverso dictionary, see also 'Öko',okay',O',o.k. A transliteration of the English word, written as オーケー (lit. ga('set', 'dimension3', "default"); Adj. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971071', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, "error": true, : o.k., O.K.] { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot1' }}]}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_topslot_mobile_flex' }}, Some of them are thought to fall into the category of folk etymology and are proposed based merely on apparent similarity between OK and one or another phrase in a foreign language with a similar meaning and sound. {code: 'ad_contentslot_4', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [336, 280]] } }, Englisch-Deutsch-Übersetzungen für OK im Online-Wörterbuch dict.cc (Deutschwörterbuch). { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654174' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195458', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot2_flex' }}, name: "pbjs-unifiedid", { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot4_flex' }}, You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: a way of studying in which you do not attend a school, college, or university, but study from where you live, usually being taught and given work to do over the internet, I’ve brought you a little something: The language of gifts, Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot3' }}]}, Oberkante Stahl [Abk. [18], Byington's Dictionary of the Choctaw Language confirms the ubiquity of the "okeh" particle,[19] and his Grammar of the Choctaw Language calls the particle -keh an "affirmative contradistinctive", with the "distinctive" o- prefix. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, The history of the place was really interesting. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971069', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '194852', size: [300, 250] }}, Mr Read treated such doubting calmly. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot3' }}]}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195459', size: [320, 100] }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971072', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance, Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings, Towns & regions: named regions of countries. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_leftslot' }}, {code: 'ad_rightslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, Arabic speakers also use the word (أوكي) widely, particularly in areas of former British presence like Egypt, Jordan, Israel/Palestine and Iraq, but also all over the Arab world due to the prevalence of American cinema and television. We often use okay as an adjective to say that something is not a problem, it’s ‘all right’: Okay is used as an adverb in informal speech, meaning ‘all right’, ‘neither well nor badly’: We had an enjoyable time with Bob and Helen. [40], In 1961, NASA popularized the variant "A-OK" during the launch of Alan Shepard's Mercury mission.[53]. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '19042093' }}, type: "html5", dfpSlots['contentslot_2'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_mpuslot', [[300, 250], [336, 280], 'fluid'], 'ad_contentslot_2').defineSizeMapping(mapping_contentslot).setTargeting('si', '2').setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'mid').setTargeting('hp', 'center').addService(googletag.pubads()); { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, The appearance of ok in inappropriate contexts is the subject of some humor.[61]. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '1666926', position: 'btf' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '1666926', position: 'btf' }}, OKs or OK's or O.K. var pbMobileHrSlots = [ type: "html5", { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot4' }}]}]; { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654152' }}, iasLog("exclusion label : wprod"); In Russia, OK is used very frequently for any positive meaning. {code: 'ad_contentslot_3', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [336, 280]] } }, "authorizationTimeout": 10000 bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776340', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [320, 50] }}, [17], The earliest written evidence for the Choctaw origin is provided in work by the Christian missionaries Cyrus Byington and Alfred Wright in 1825. }, priceGranularity: customGranularity, Body Language. var mapping_leftslot = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1063, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600], [300, 600]]).addSize([963, 0], [[120, 600], [160, 600]]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); {code: 'ad_contentslot_4', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, [59] The inspiration was likely the -ok parameter in Unix' find command. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971065', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971072', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, adv. {code: 'ad_contentslot_2', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [336, 280]] } }, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, }); { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 250] }}, or O.K. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [300, 250] }}, "sign-in": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/signin?rid=READER_ID", As an adjective, OK principally means "adequate" or "acceptable" as a contrast to "bad" ("The boss approved this, so it is OK to send out"); it can also mean "mediocre" when used in contrast with "good" ("The french fries were great, but the burger was just OK"). { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_leftslot_160x600' }}, [39] Cassidy asserts that this is a misreading of the source, which actually begins "Oh, ki, massa ...", where ki is a phrase by itself: In all other examples of this interjection that I have found, it is simply ki (once spelled kie). In the United States and much of Europe a related gesture is made by touching the index finger with the thumb (forming a rough circle) and raising of the remaining fingers. dfpSlots['rightslot'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_rightslot', [[300, 250]], 'ad_rightslot').defineSizeMapping(mapping_rightslot).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'mid').setTargeting('hp', 'right').addService(googletag.pubads()); [citation needed] These missionaries ended many sentences in their translation of the Bible with the particle "okeh", meaning "it is so",[citation needed] which was listed as an alternative spelling in the 1913 Webster's. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654208' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_dc", "english"); { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_mobile_flex' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654189' }}, On the computer, OK is usually translated as 确定; quèdìng, which means "confirm" or "confirmed". { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot' }}]}, {code: 'ad_contentslot_1', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, userIds: [{ iasLog("exclusion label : lcp"); "On getting a word in edgewise," page 568. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot4' }}]}]; { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_btmslot' }}, {code: 'ad_topslot_b', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_topslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_topslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[728, 90]] } }, One predecessor of OK was OW, "oll wright."[13]. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346693' }}, To approve. adj. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654150' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971065', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, 'min': 8.50, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, in Ordnung [abbr. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }}, },{ { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654153' }}, European Spanish: ¡vale! OK is often used in colloquial Japanese as a replacement for 大丈夫 (daijōbu "all right") or いい (ii "good") and often followed by です (desu – the copula). { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195458', size: [336, 280] }}, {code: 'ad_rightslot2', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot2', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot2' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [120, 600], [160, 600]] } }, top of steel [Abk. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446381' }}, In Turkey, the OK sign is considered offensive, as the sign was once—and still is—used as a salute by the far-right, ultra-nationalist terrorist organisation, the Grey Wolves. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_rightslot2_flex' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [300, 50] }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654150' }}, : OK, O.K.] Through his courtesy we were able to examine this manuscript carefully, to make greatly enlarged photographs of it, and to become convinced (as is Richardson) that, whatever the marks in the manuscript are, they are not OK.[28], Similarly, H. L. Mencken, who originally considered it "very clear that 'o. In Taiwan, OK is frequently used in various sentences, popular among but not limited to younger generations. As here, it expresses surprise, amusement, satisfaction, mild expostulation, and the like. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '1666926', position: 'btf' }}, googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotRenderEnded', function(event) { if (!event.isEmpty && event.slot.renderCallback) { event.slot.renderCallback(event); } }); { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, Abbreviations / Symbols. O.] Learn more. ‘OK, I'll pass on your message’. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654195' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776156', position: 'atf' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '541042770', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, More example sentences. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '705055' }}, Papers from the Sixth Regional Meeting [of the] Chicago Linguistic Society, 1970. : TOS] [BAU.] In Indonesia, OK is also used as a slogan of national television station RCTI since the year 1994. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776148', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654198' }}, OK, O.K.] partner: "uarus31" { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195459', size: [300, 50] }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot_mobile_flex' }}, In HTTP, the HyperText Transfer Protocol, upon which the World Wide Web is based, a successful response from the server is defined as OK (with the numerical code 200 as specified in RFC 2616). { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [320, 50] }}, "OK" is certainly one of the most common expressions in the English language--and one of the most versatile.After all, it can be used as an adjective, a noun, and a verb. Armstrong, Nancy & Melissa Wagner. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195452', size: [336, 280] }}, Finnish: OK! { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776160', position: 'atf' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776160', position: 'atf' }}, googletag.enableServices(); bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776336', position: 'btf' }}, {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, Look up the English to Polish translation of OK in the PONS online dictionary. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, OK is used to label buttons in modal dialog boxes such as error messages or print dialogs, indicating that the user must press the button to accept the contents of the dialog box and continue. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot1' }}]}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 250] }}, Danish: okay; Dutch: Oké! [ugs.] E Ne va pas Va Va Analyser les registres … { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971071', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, The etymology that most reference works provide today is based on a survey of the word's early history in print: a series of six articles by Allen Walker Read[5] in the journal American Speech in 1963 and 1964. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654195' }}, Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge.Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. This language was used, in particular, for communication with the slave-owning[22][23] Cherokee (an Iroquoian-family language). { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [160, 600] }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_btmslot' }}, expires: 60 Linguee. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971068', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [120, 600] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot2' }}]}, },{ okay [Abk. {code: 'ad_contentslot_3', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971067', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, name: "unifiedId", { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446382' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [300, 50] }}, 'increment': 0.5, {code: 'ad_contentslot_2', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}]}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_rightslot_flex' }}, The gesture was popularized in America in 1840 as a symbol to support then Presidential candidate Martin Van Buren. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448841' }}, iasLog("setting page_url: - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ok"); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195466', size: [728, 90] }}, 'buckets': [{ The OK button can probably be traced to user interface research done for the Apple Lisa. OK [not before noun] (informal) not feeling ill; not injured: She says she’s OK now, and will be back at work tomorrow. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("sfr", "cdo_dict_english"); { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot' }}, } { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654198' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, Look up the English to Polish translation of OK to okay in the PONS online dictionary. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, iasLog("criterion : sfr = cdo_dict_english"); OK, d'accord, "Okay, chef") or another borrowing (e.g., OK, boss. initAdSlotRefresher(); iasLog("criterion : cdo_ptl = entry-lcp"); { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446384' }}, Japanese: オーケー！ Korean: 좋아! iframe: { { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448834' }}, Ok... qui non c'è nessun accordo per la custodia. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 50] }}, George W. Stimpson. Satisfactory or agreeable; acceptable: Was everything OK with your stay? dfpSlots['topslot_b'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_topslot', [[728, 90]], 'ad_topslot_b').defineSizeMapping(mapping_topslot_b).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'top').setTargeting('hp', 'center').addService(googletag.pubads()); Adv. { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971070', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, The presumption was that the use of particle "oke" or "hoke" was so common and self-evident as to preclude any need for explanation or discussion for either its Choctaw or non-Choctaw readership.[17]. { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_HDX' }}, Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow is OK, OK, OK. Demain, après-demain et après après demain c'est d'accord, d'accord, d'accord. {code: 'ad_rightslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195454', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971067', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, It may be pronounced as in English, but /ɔˈkeː/ or /oˈkeː/ are also common. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, kay Informal adj. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776340', position: 'btf' }}, } { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, "ekosi"). { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448835' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971079', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [300, 250] }}, 1 Used to express agreement or acceptance. In Portugal, it is used with its Portuguese pronunciation and sounds something like "ókâi" (similar to the English pronunciation but with the "ó" sounding like the "o" in "lost" or "top"), or even as 'oh-kapa', from the letters O ('ó') and K ('capa'). In 1961, NASA popularized the variant "A-OK" during the launch of Alan Shepard's Mercury mission. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446381' }}, We said not a word about our deputation passing "through the city" of Providence.—We said our brethren were going to New York in the Richmond, and they did go, as per Post of Thursday. Arguments for a more Southern origin for the word note the tendency of English to adopt loan words in language contact situations, as well as the ubiquity of the OK particle. 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