okay

• OK, O.K., okey-dokey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, otay, ok, okeh, okey, okie-dokie, kay

A respelling of OK.

• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 513: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
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okay (plural okays)

1. Alternative spelling of OK

okay (third-person singular simple present okays, present participle okaying, simple past and past participle okayed)

1. Alternative spelling of OK

okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)

1. Alternative spelling of OK
   • 1869 Little Women, Part Second, by Louisa May Alcott

     One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.

okay (comparative more okay, superlative most okay)

1. Alternative spelling of OK

okay

1. Alternative spelling of OK

• kayo, oaky, yoak

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• (Saru dialect) oka

From oka (“are”) +‎ i (nominalising suffix), literally “those which are”.

• IPA^(key): [ò̞ꜛkáj]

okay (Kana spelling オカイ)

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

This word is not actually a proper pronoun, but is often used when it is absolutely necessary to point directly to a third person in conversation. The proper third-person pronoun in Ainu would be the lack of any personal pronoun at all, i.e., it has a null value.

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Borrowed from English okay.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.kɛ/, /ɔ.ke/

okay

1. OK (endorsement; approval)

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• ok, OK
• o.k., O.K. (proscribed)

• IPA^(key): /oˈkeː/, /oˈkɛɪ̯/

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1. OK

   Synonyms: in Ordnung, d’accord, tamam

The spelling okay is the most frequent in German. Abbreviations (as given above) do exist, but are less common than in English.

okay

1. OK

   Synonyms: ordentlich, annehmlich, annehmbar, zufriedenstellend

okay (comparative okayer, superlative am okaysten)

1. (informal) OK

   Synonyms: in Ordnung, d’accord, annehmlich, annehmbar

   • 2009, Christian Y. Schmidt, Allein unter 1,3 Milliarden: Eine chinesische Reise von Shanghai bis Kathmandu, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH (→ISBN)

     Dieser Hügel ist achthundertsieben Meter hoch, und ich bin nur hochgelaufen, weil der Strand von meiner Freundin blockiert wurde, die mir gerade auf die Nerven ging. Das war noch ein halbwegs okayer Ausflug.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016, Karin Kaçi, Jan Braren, Homevideo, Carlsen E-Books (→ISBN)

     »Jakon Moormann. Deine Slides waren schon mal besser, aber du bist ein ganz okayer Skater. Bist auch ein ganz okayer Kumpel. Und die Mädchen finden dich superokay.«

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   • 2016 December 30, Moritz von Uslar, “Party braucht keinen König”, in Die Zeit‎^[1]:

     Die Firma Tiger of Sweden, die heute ihren Berliner Flagshipstore eröffnet, macht voll okaye, insgesamt vollkommen egale Frauen- und Männermode, wie sie in Flughafenboutiquen verkauft wird.

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The comparative and attributive use is recent and therefore not always considered grammatical.^[1]

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• “okay” in Duden online
• “okay” in Duden online

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Unadapted borrowing from English okay.

• IPA^(key): /oˈkei/ [oˈkei̯]

okay

1. OK (endorsement; approval)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.