[
US
/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
]
ADVERB
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in a satisfactory or adequate manner
held up all right under pressure
she'll do okay on her own
NOUN
-
an endorsement
they gave us the O.K. to go ahead
VERB
-
give sanction to
I approve of his educational policies
ADJECTIVE
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being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
another minute I'd have been fine
an all-right movie
is everything all right?
everything's fine
things are okay
the passengers were shaken up but are all right
dinner and the movies had been fine
How To Use okay In A Sentence
- We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
- Usually this would be okay but I'm a lot ... ummm, porkier now. Elfpvke Diary Entry
- ‘Shh, shh, it'll be okay,’ Matt soothes, smoothing my hair.
- Look, things just haven't been peachy for me, okay?
- Does my hair look okay?
- Okay, now for the main point behind this meeting.
- She got on okay with Lawrence.
- Probably, producers thought that my being so open and acceptable to any good role that came my way was okay with them.
- Okay, Peter, I'll give you a break from my long-winded questions about your books.
- The double-barreled results: Lowering levels of a protein called CRP, or C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, seems to be protective even when cholesterol levels are okay.
