OK

See also: ok, Ok, -ok, ók, òk, ők, and Appendix:Variations of "ok"
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Etymology 1

Origin disputed. Wikipedia lists many possible etymologies, of which the most widely accepted is that it is an abbreviation of oll/orl korrect, a comical spelling of all correct, which first appeared in print in The Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839, as part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s. The expression became popular through its use in the presidential campaign of Martin Van Buren in 1840 and then slowly acquired other meanings.

The Choctaw word oke, okeh (“it is so”), common in Choctaw translations of the Bible, could also explain OK's variety of affirmative definitions. Additionally, okeh was the most common etymology of okay in dictionaries until the 1960s, and linguistically predates Boston's O.K.. However, this theory suffers from the fact that the Choctaw language was relatively obscure and generally spoken (sometimes in a pidgin form) mainly with African-American slaves.

Alternative forms

Noun

OK (plural OKs or OK's)

  1. Endorsement; approval.
    We can start as soon as we get the OK.
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Verb

OK (third-person singular simple present OKs or OK's, present participle OKing or OK'ing, simple past and past participle OKed or OK'd)

  1. (transitive) To approve.
    I don't want to OK this amount of money.
  2. (transitive, computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
    • 2001, Mike Collins, Pro Tools: Practical Recording, Editing and Mixing for Music Production:
      Type a suitable name for your Marker and OK the dialogue box.
    • 2008, Martin Evening, Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers:
      When you OK the crop, the image size will be adjusted to match the front image resolution.
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Adjective

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

  1. All right, acceptable, permitted.
    Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?
  2. Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
    The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.
  3. Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
    • 2012, Roni Jay, The The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do For Your Children
      If you leave the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they are OK with that, then it's fine.
  4. In good health or a good emotional state.
    He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
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Adverb

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

  1. Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.
    The team did OK in the playoffs.
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Interjection

OK

  1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
    Synonyms: okey-dokey, okeh, okey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, all right
    I promise to give it back. – OK.
    Let's meet again this afternoon. – OK.
    Shut up! – OK, OK.
    OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!
  2. (computing) Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
  3. Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
    Synonyms: now, now then
    OK, I'm thinking of a number…
  4. Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
    You always do this to me! When we were at your mother’s, you said that… – OK, OK, …
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Derived terms
term derived from OK

Descendants
  • → Afrikaans: oukei
  • → Arabic: أُوكِي‎‎‎ (ʾokey), أُوكَي‎‎‎ (ʾukay)
  • → Chinese:
    • → Cantonese: OK (ou1 kei1)
    • → Mandarin: OK (ōukèi, ōukēi)
  • → Danish: okay, OK
  • → Dutch: oké
  • → Esperanto: okej
  • → Estonian: okei
  • → Finnish: okei
  • → French: okay
  • → German: okay
  • → Hebrew: אוקי‎ (okéy)
  • → Hindi: ओके (oke)
  • → Hungarian: oké
  • → Icelandic: ókei
  • → Italian: ok
  • → Japanese: OK (ōkē), オーケー (ōkē)
  • → Korean: OK (okei), 오케이 (okei)
  • → Macedonian: океј (okej)
  • → Malay: okey
  • → Polish: okej
  • → Portuguese: OK
  • → Russian: окей (okej)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: океј
    Latin: okej
  • → Spanish: okay, okey
  • → Swedish: okej
  • → Thai: โอเค (oo-kee)
  • → Turkish: okey
  • → Ukrainian: окей (okej)
  • → West Frisian: okee

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References

Proper noun

OK

  1. United States postal abbreviation for Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.
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Chinese

Alternative forms
  • 歐克／欧克 (ōukè) (one of the ways to transliterate into Chinese characters)

Etymology

Borrowed from English OK.

Pronunciation

Adjective

OK

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) alright
    你OK嗎？／你OK吗？  ―  Nǐ ōukèi ma?  ―  Are you OK?
    你O唔OK啊？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei5 ou1 m4 ou1 kei1 aa1? [Jyutping]  ―  Are you OK?

Interjection

OK

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) OK
    上頭說OK就OK了。／上头说OK就OK了。  ―  Shàngtou shuō ōukèi jiù ōukèi le.  ―  If higher authorities say "OK", it means "OK".

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Adverb

OK

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) moderately; fairly
    呢科都OK易㗎。 [Cantonese]  ―  nei1 fo1 dou1 ou1 kei1 ji6 gaa3. [Jyutping]  ―  This course is fairly easy.

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Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oːˈkaː/

Noun

OK f (plural OK's)

  1. Abbreviation of operatiekamer.

Finnish

Etymology

< English OK

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈokei̯/, [ˈo̞ke̞i̯]
  • IPA(key): /ˈoːkoː/, [ˈo̞ːko̞ː]

Adjective

OK

  1. Alternative form of okei

Interjection

OK

  1. Alternative form of okei
  2. (computing) OK (in buttons, etc.)
    Synonym: (uncommon) selvä

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch operatiekamer of operatie (“surgery”) +‎ kamer (“room”).

Noun

OK (first-person possessive OKku, second-person possessive OKmu, third-person possessive OKnya)

  1. (healthcare, colloquial) operating theatre, operating room.
    Synonym: kamar bedah

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English OK.

Pronunciation

Noun

OK(オーケー) or OK(オッケー) • (ōkē or okkē) 

  1. agreement; approval; okay
    • 2009 January 10, Ohba, Tsugumi; Obata, Takeshi, “３ページ ペンとネーム [Page 3: Pens and Names]”, in BAKUMAN(バクマン)。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:
      マンガの下(した)描(が)きみたいなもん　まずこれを描(か)いて編(へん)集(しゅう)者(しゃ)に見(み)せてＯ(オー)Ｋ(ケー)が出(で)たら初(はじ)めて原(げん)稿(こう)にできるＯ(オー)Ｋ(ケー)が出(で)るまでは何(なん)度(ど)でも描(か)き直(なお)し　もっともネームで見(み)せていいのはマンガ家(か)としての才(さい)能(のう)を認(みと)められた奴(やつ)な
      Manga no shitagaki mitai na mon Mazu kore o kaite henshūsha ni misete ōkē ga detara hajimete genkō ni dekiru ōkē ga deru made wa nando demo kakinaoshi Motto mo nēmu de misete ii no wa mangaka toshite no sainō o mitomerareta yatsu na
      It’s basically a rough sketch for manga. First you make one and show it to the editor, and only if it’s okayed can you go ahead with the draft. You may have to do it over a couple of times till it gets the okay. Though good mangaka can just pass with the name alone.
  2. no problem
    電(でん)子(し)レンジＯ(オー)Ｋ(ケー)のお皿(さら)
    denshi renji ōkē no o-sara
    microwave-safe plates

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Adjective

OK(オーケー) or OK(オッケー) • (ōkē or okkē) -na (adnominal OK(オーケー)な (ōkē na), adverbial OK(オーケー)に (ōkē ni))

  1. OK; all right; fine

Interjection

OK(オーケー) or OK(オッケー) • (ōkē or okkē) 

  1. OK
    • 2009 August 25, Amano, Kozue, “第(だい)２(に)話(わ) 夢(ゆめ)ヶ丘(おか)高(こう)校(こう) [Chapter 2: Yumegaoka High School]”, in あまんちゅ(ＡＭＡＮＣＨＵ)！ [AMANCHU!], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, pages 33–38:
      その１(いち)「準(じゅん)備(び)」っ　Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その２(に)「位(い)置(ち)」っ　お家(うち)の玄(げん)関(かん)　Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その３(さん)「時(じ)間(かん)」っ　７(しち)時(じ)３０(さんじゅっ)分(ぷん)　Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その４(よん)「空(くう)気(かん)」っ…………ピッ　Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼その５(ご)「行(こう)動(どう)」っ　レッツらゴ——！Ｏ(オッ)Ｋ(ケー)‼
      Sono ichi “Junbi”h okkē!! Sono ni “Ichi”h o-uchi no genkan okkē!! Sono san “Jikan”h shichiji sanjuppun okkē!! Sono yon “Kūkan”h... pih okkē!! Sono go “Kōdō”h rettsu ra gō—! Okkē!!
      Number 1 “Preparation”, check!! Number 2 “Location”: Entryway, check!! Number 3 “Time”: 7:30, check!! Number 4 “Air”... Hwee, check!! Number 5 “Action”: Let’s la gooo! Check!!

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From English OK.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?okei
Revised Romanization (translit.)?okei
McCune–Reischauer?ok'ei
Yale Romanization?o.kheyi

Noun

OK • (okei) (hangeul 오케이)

  1. (colloquial) good

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Interjection

OK • (okei) (hangeul 오케이)

  1. (colloquial) OK

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English OK.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈkej/ [oˈkeɪ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈkɐj/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈkej/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈke/

Interjection

OK

  1. OK (indicates acknowledgement or acceptance)
    Synonyms: tudo bem, certo, tá

Noun

OK m (plural OKs)

  1. OK (an indication of acknowledgement or acceptance)

Swedish

Adverb

OK

  1. OK, okay

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Adjective

OK

  1. OK, okay

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OK

  1. OK, okay

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From English OK.

Pronunciation

Interjection

OK

  1. (informal) OK, okay (acknowledgement or acceptance)
  2. (computing) OK, okay (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt)

Synonyms
  • (acknowledgement or acceptance): ờ, ừ, ừm
  • (dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt): được

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