Definitions for okay
ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪokay

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. O.K., OK, okay, okey, okehadjective

   an endorsement

   "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"

2. all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-doryverb

   being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

   "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 been fine"

3. approve, O.K., okay, sanctionadverb

   give sanction to

   "I approve of his educational policies"

4. okay, O.K., all right, alrightadverb

   in a satisfactory or adequate manner

   "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')

GCIDERate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. okayadjective

   Satifactory; agreeable; pleasant; as, things are okay; he's an okay guy.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. okaynoun

   See OK

2. okayverb

   See OK

3. okayadverb

   See OK

4. okayadjective

   See OK

5. okayinterjection

   See OK

6. Etymology: A respelling of OK.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Okay

   Okay is a song by American band LANY and American singer Julia Michaels. The song was released on April 23, 2019.

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Okay

   "Okay" is a colloquial word denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, or acknowledgment. "Okay" has frequently turned up as a loanword in many other languages. As an adjective, "okay" means "adequate," "acceptable", "mediocre" often in contrast to "good"; it also functions as an adverb in this sense. As an interjection, it can denote compliance, or agreement. As a verb and noun it means "assent" A versatile discourse marker, it can also be used with appropriate voice tone to show doubt or to seek confirmation.

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1. OKAY

   What does OKAY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the OKAY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OKAY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Okay is ranked #157234 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Okay surname appeared 103 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Okay.
   
   76.7% or 79 total occurrences were White.
   12.6% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
   7.7% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'okay' in Adverbs Frequency: #97

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'okay' in Adjectives Frequency: #686

Anagrams for okay »

1. kayo

2. oaky

3. yoak

How to pronounce okay?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say okay in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of okay in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of okay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of okay in a Sentence

1. Vadim Shipachyov:

   It would have been a good performance for me if we had won the cup, but we didn't, so I can only say I've had an okay tournament.

2. Andrew Polk:

   This is the best possible miss you could have from a messaging standpoint, the government is saying, 'we're not married to this specific target, we missed it and we're okay.' That seems to me a quite positive development.

3. Donald Trump:

   This is different, … I am turning down billions of dollars of deals. I will tell you, running for president -- the money I spent is peanuts compared to the money I won't make, and that's okay, because this is so important. … This is a calling.

4. Nimal Jayaratne:

   If you look at the pens, they are just brick sheds with corrugated tin sheets on the roof. During times when the weather is okay, they can work. But when the heat comes, there is hardly any room for ventilation and there is no money to invest to save the stock.

5. New York:

   So, not testing -- I mean, if you have been in contact with somebody for a few minutes, that's okay. But if you have been in contact for 50 minutes and that people doesn't have a mask, I think you need to be tested regardless if you have symptoms or not. We know especially young people going into White House and then transmit inside the household. So, the guidelines baffle me and I really don't understand them. the only plausible rationale is they want fewer people taking tests because, as the president has said, if we don't take tests Del Rio won't know that people are Covid positive and the number of Covid positive people will come down.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=okay
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=okay
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Okay
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=okay
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html