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Definition: Okay |
OkayAdjective1. (informal) 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". Adverb1. (informal) 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'). Noun1. An endorsement; "they gave us the OK to go ahead". Verb1. Give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "okay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Okay is a term of approval or assent, often written as OK.Originally it was short for any of several humorous misspellings of "all correct", including "Oll Korrect", "Orl Korrect", and "Ole Kurreck". This was part of the fads in the 1830s and 1840s of intentionally misspelling common phrases and referring to them by the resulting initials. In the presidential election of 1840, the term "OK" was further popularized by use as an slogan by the O.K. Club, New York boosters of Democratic president Martin Van Buren's 1840 re-election bid; it was an allusion to his nickname Old Kinderhook, from his birthplace Kinderhook, New York. Van Buren lost, but the word stuck. [1]
This explanation was first documented by Allen Walker Read in several articles in the journal American Speech in 1963 and 1964, and is the only one supported by the earliest evidence. The first recorded use of "OK" was in the Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839, in the sentence "He...would have the 'contribution box', et ceteras, o.k.--all correct--and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward."
The term OK has also been used in an English will and testament from 1565. The US president Jackson also wrote it in 1760 and a Boston businessman used it in a daily journal in 1815.
There have been many other proposed explanations. There is supposedly a Choctaw word "okeh" that means roughly the same thing, for instance, and Woodrow Wilson, among others, thought this to be the source of "OK". Even after A. W. Read's work, many argue that the case has not been proven decisively, or that perhaps similar-sounding words in other languages did solidify the acceptance of "OK" in American English. Others are skeptical, questioning how many Americans were, say, familiar enough with Choctaw for it to influence their use of English. Another apocryphal account is that the term was used in U.S. military records to state that there were zero casualties or zero killed, hence 0.K., at a particular battle site. The term OK was also used by typesetters and people working in the publishing bussiness. A manuscript that didn't need any changes or corrections would be marked "O.K." for Ohne Korrektur (German for "No changes"). Some say the term Ok comes from the german businessman Otto Kaiser who put his initials on good he had inspected or a Oskar Krause who did quality checks at Ford and marked cars he had inspected with OK. In ancient Greece teachers would mark especially good school papers with "OK" for Ola Kala (everything good). One theory says it comes from a railroad freight agent, Obadiah Kelly, who initialed bills of lading or an Indian chief Old Keokuk who wrote his initials on treaties. Another theory is that it comes from boxes of Orrins-Kendall crackers which were popular with Union troops during the US Civil War. Another theory is that it comes from the brittish English word hoacky (the last load of the harvest). Or the Finnish word Oikea (correct). Or the Scottish expression och aye. Or the French aux Cayes or au quai. Or a word used in many west African languages meaning all right, yes indeed and introduced inthe US via slaves.
From the U.S. it spread to the rest of the world, first appearing in British writing in the 1860s. Spelled out in full in the 20th century, 'okay' has come to be in everyday use among English speakers, and borrowed by non-English speakers. Occasionally it is extended to okey dokey or even, thanks to Ned Flanders, okely dokely.
Other Sources
- http://www.m-w.com/whist/ok.htm
- Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, Merriam-Webster, 1989.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Okay."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Okay is a town located in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 597.Geography
Okay is located at 35°51'10" North, 95°18'57" West (35.852723, -95.315763)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²). 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 597 people, 227 households, and 165 families residing in the town. The population density is 284.6/km² (737.3/mi²). There are 278 housing units at an average density of 132.5/km² (343.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 64.15% White, 4.36% African American, 21.27% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.50% Pacific Islander, 1.84% from other races, and 7.71% from two or more races. 3.69% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 227 households out of which 35.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% are married couples living together, 18.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.9% are non-families. 23.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.63 and the average family size is 3.11. In the town the population is spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $20,385, and the median income for a family is $23,472. Males have a median income of $21,000 versus $14,444 for females. The per capita income for the town is $9,758. 27.8% of the population and 26.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 31.9% are under the age of 18 and 34.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Okay, Oklahoma."
Synonyms: OkaySynonyms: all right(p) (adj), all-right(a) (adj), fine (adj), hunky-dory (adj), all right (adv), alright (adv), okeh (n), okey (n), approve (v), ok (v), sanction (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: disapprove (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Okay |
| English words defined with "okay": all right, alright ♦ o.k.. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "okay": aieght. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Okay" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (good, okay, right), German (o.k., okay, right you are), Italian (all right, okay), Portuguese (o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey), Swedish (done, o.k., ok, okay, okeydokey). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It was okay. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Okay, you have some skill (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Yeah, okay. (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) Okay. You look like a BarrrRuuu-- BellllLuuuu-- Lllll-- Carolllll-- Taaaa-Sharrr--- SusaaannnEmmmmilllly--- Marr-- laaarr-- Maaxine--M-M-M--Maxine (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) Okay. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.) | |
Lyrics | It's not right, but it's okay (It's not right,but it's okay; performing artist: Whitney Houston) THERE WE GO OKAY OKAY (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah) When you think everything's okay and everything's going right (Ironic; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Everything wasn't okay (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE) Myself already knows that I'm okay (Achy Breaky Heart; performing artist: Billy Ray Cyrus) | |
Clever | Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes ... Well Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Okay S.I.R. (1972) Mother Okay (1948) Okay for Sound (1946) Everything Okay (1936) José Okay (1935) | |
Song Titles | It's Not Right, But It's Okay (performing artist: Whitney Houston) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Bob and his pal were okay after all Photo #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | It's not a nutty idea-pecans are good for you! They've not only got protein, potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium; but even calcium! Okay, so they contain fat too, but 95 percent of it is unsaturated. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | If He Says He's Okay, Will You Take The Risk? : AIDS. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | "It's okay - we're hunting communists" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Rose" by Laszlo Gaal Commentary: "An example of a good macro,some uniform black on the leftt,nice green background on the right and a okay quality picture.This is how they should be all." | "Dorm Slut" by Justin Tormey Commentary: "My self portrait. Okay, well, someone else held the camera." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ann Landers | One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends. If they seem okay, then you're the one. |
Author Unknown | When a kiss says "I love you", it's okay. When a kiss says "I want you", it's wrong and you've gone too far. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Okay, so when we needed to get into Afghanistan, we dropped some crates of food on the starving Afghanis. |
Rush Limbaugh | If you happen to make money as a business, that's okay, but that should not be your prime motivation. |
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| "Okay" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 83.77% of the time. "Okay" is used about 12,092 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 83.77% | 10,129 | 921 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.02% | 1,333 | 5,961 |
| Interjection | 5.17% | 625 | 10,366 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12,092 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Okay, OK (town, FIPS 54100) |
Expression using "okay": be okay. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "okay": a-okay, You're-okay-i'm-okay. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "okay"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | top (agreed, O.K., OK), goed (fine, good, nice, OK, things, well), gaaf (fine, good, nice, very, very well), net (alone, exactly, exclusively, just, just now, only, right, solely). (various references) | |
Albanian | mirë (alright, decently, good, myrrh, nice, nicely, ok, okey, securely, well). (various references) | |
Arabic | موافقة (accession, agreement, approval, assent, consent, convenience, endorsement, fitness, indorsement, ok, okey, propriety, ratification, sanction, suitability), مضبوط (accurate, all right, correct, exact, ok, okey, perfect, precise, proper, right, sound, valid), مصدق (believer, ok, okey), قبل (accede, accept, admit, agree to, approve of, assent, be accepted, before, concede, consent, fore, in front of, kiss, ok, okey, previous, previously, prior, sanction, settle for, subscribe, take, until), وافق (accede, accept, accord, agree, approbate, approve, assent, assert, compound, consent, fit, grant, jump, nod, ok, okey), حسنا (all right, alright, ok, okey, well), حسن (advantage, alter, ameliorate, amend, beautiful, better, elaborate, extend, fine, handsome, improve, innovate, like better, make efficient, ok, okey, perfect, polish, pretty, reclaim, reform, season, upgrade, well), حاجة تمام (all right, ok, okey), تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), تمام (exactness, integrity, just, ok, okey, plenitude, right, wholeness), تصديق (approving, attestation, belief, certificate, confirmation, credence, credit, ok, okey, ratification, sanction), على ما يرام (all right, aright, ok, okey, smasher), صدق (accept, approve, assent, attest, believe, certify, confirm, credit, genuineness, hold good, make believe, notarize, ok, okey, probity, ratify, sanction, sincerity, trueness, trustiness, truth, validity, veracity, verity), أبدى موافقته (ok, okey). (various references) | |
Basque | ondo (ok, well). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съгласявам се на (settle for), съгласен (agreeable, agreed, concordant, granted, okie dokey), верен (accurate, correct, faithful, just, liege, loving, loyal, natural, right, staunch, steady, sure, true, true-hearted, truthful, unfailing, veracious), одобрявам (approbate, approve, assent, authorise, authorize, confirm, endorse, pass, salute, sanctify, sanction, seal, subscribe to, support, sympathize, uphold), одобрение (acceptance, acclaim, accolade, approbation, approval, authorization, confirmation, fiat, imprimatur, passing, plaudit, sanction, thumbs up), бива (okie dokey), правилно (aright, correctly, exactly, hear! hear, just so, justly, properly, regularly, right, rightly, that's right, true, true enough), правилен (accurate, correct, good, just, normal, proper, regular, right, straight, true), дадено (agreed, granted, okie dokey, righto, roger). (various references) | |
Catalan | bon (good, nice), bé (well). (various references) | |
Chinese | 行 (a row, all right, behavior, capable, competent, conduct, OK, profession, professional, temporary, to do, to go, to travel, to walk, will do), 好 (a-ok, a-okay, fine, fined, finely, Fining, GOOD, goodly, NICE, ok). (various references) | |
Czech | souhlasit (accede, acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, consent, endorse, ok, tally), souhlas (acceptance, accord, agreement, applause, approbation, approval, assent, blessing, compliance, conformity, consensus, consent, consistency, correspondence, nod, ok, permission, say so), schválit (approbate, authorize, commend, ok, pass, ratify, sanction, validate, vote), prima (finely, goody, groovy, ok, okey-dokey, posh, swell, top-hole), fajn (goody, great, ok, okey-dokey), dobrá (good, ok, okey-dokey, right), dobře (all right, clearly, good, ok, okey-dokey, well). (various references) | |
Danish | godt (good, OK, well), god (good, nice). (various references) | |
Dutch | okee (agreed, good, nice, right), goed (agreed, clothes, clothing, correct, estate, exact, farm, fine, good, nice, OK, possession, proper, property, ranch, right, very good, well). (various references) | |
Esperanto | okej (OK), konsentite (agreed, OK), bone (fine, OK, well), bona (good, nice), ĝuste (exactly, just, right). (various references) | |
Faeroese | væl (well), rætt (exactly, just, right), júst (exactly, just, right), góður (beloved, dear, expensive, good, lovely, nice, valuable). (various references) | |
Farsi | موافقت کردن (Accede, Acquiesce, Admit, Agree, Assent, Comply, Concur, Grant, Jibe, Obey), تصویب کردن (Allow, Approve, Authorize, Pass, Ratify, Resolute), تصویب (Approbation, Approval, Passage, Ratification, Resolution, Sanction), خوب (Fine, Good, Nice, Pretty, Super, Well), اجازه (Authority, Liberty, Permission, Permit), بسیارخوب (Excellent, Immense, Super, Superb, Well). (various references) | |
Finnish | hyvä (benefit, good, kind, nice, welfare). (various references) | |
French | bon, ça va. (various references) | |
Frisian | okee (agreed), sein (agreed), goed (good, nice), ôfpraat (agreed). (various references) | |
German | in Ordnung (agreed, all right, alright, decent, groovy, it was nothing, o.k., spick and span, to remedy), okay (o.k., right you are), OK (good enough, o.k.). (various references) | |
Greek | καλά (well), εγκρίνω (approve, approve of, authorise, authorize, confirm, endorse, sanction). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | mirë (good, nice, well). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בסדר (all right, alright, o.k.). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rendben van (alright, nuff said, nuff sed, o.k., ok, okey, okeydokey, to be in good trim, to be in order), helyes (appropriate, apt, compt, correct, fitting, legitimate, nice, nice-looking, o.k., ok, okey, okeydokey, Ortho, pertinent, proper, quite so, right, Roger, seemly, true, well). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vel (good/well, well), góður (good, nice). (various references) | |
Indonesian | oke, baik (fine, good, kosher, nice, right, well). (various references) | |
Irish | tairbhe (nice), maitheas (goodness, nice), maith (forgive, good, nice, of goods, pardon, well), leas (nice), go maith (well). (various references) | |
Italian | bene (all right, aright, asset, cool, fine, gift, good, o.k., ok, possession, properly, really, right, very, well, wide), buono (bill, bonanza, coupon, delicious, fine, first rate, good, good natured, good person, good tempered, happy, kind, lovely, nice, real, tasty, token, true, voucher, warrant, well). (various references) | |
Korean | 승인 (Acceptation, Approval, Endorsing, Indorsing, ok, recognition). (various references) | |
Lombard | bon (able, capable, good, nice). (various references) | |
Luganda | kale. (various references) | |
Norwegian | god (good, nice). (various references) | |
Papiamen | bon (good, nice, well). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | okayay.(various references) | |
Polish | właśnie (exactly, just, right), właściwie (exactly, just, right), dobrzy (good, nice), dobrze (well). (various references) | |
Portuguese | bom (decent, fair, fine, fit, good, healthy, meritorious, nice, nice guy, o.k., ok, okey, okeydokey, praiseworthy, rattling), bem (benefit, blessing, decently, draw-well, fortune, good, much, nice, nicely, now, OK, property, quite, very, welfare, well, yes). (various references) | |
Romanian | s-a fãcut (it's a bargain, it's a deal, that clinches it, that's a bargain), perfect (a1, absolute, accomplished, all right, blameless, classic, consummate, faultless, flawless, good enough, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, quite so, right-down, ripe, that's fine, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, tiptop, total, unimpeachable), foarte bine (allright, good enough, o.k.), de acord (agreed, all right, fair enough, granted), bun şi aprobat, bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), bine (advantage, allright, aright, blessing, boon, fine, fortune, gain, good, good looking, honorable, honourable, interest, right, rightly, stately, that's settled, up to the mark, well, well then), în regulã (all right, allright). (various references) | |
Russian | хорошо (all right, allright, all-right, alright, al-right, fair enough, good, lockfast, nicely, ok, okey, well, well-done). (various references) | |
Scottish | math (a hero, a noble, forgive: See maith, good, I would like : gu math mór, nice), gu math (well), deagh (excellent; precedes n. and a., good, nice). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | u redu (all right, line: in a line, ok, okey, order: in order, shipshape, well). (various references) | |
Spanish | vale (agreed, chit, coupon, hello, it is worth, it is worthwhile, O.K., ok, okey, paybill, right-ho, scrip, stet, token, voucher), bueno (all right, alright, cheering, convenient, cosy, cozy, cult, decent, enjoyable, fair, fine, glad, good, goodly, Goody, hallo, hearty, hello, high, hullo, kind, kindly, nice, plenteous, plentiful, right, strong, useful, well, what, whatever), bien (all right, alright, amply, benefit, decently, fine, good, nice, nicely, prettily, properly, quite right, right, rightly, sake, thank you, tidily, true, welfare, well), en orden (agreed, in order, orderly, shipshape, straight, tidily, tidy), de acuerdo (agreed, all right, alright, at one, in accordance, in agreement, it is agreed, roger), convenido (agreed, concerted, covenanted), conforme (accordance, accordant, according, acquiescent, agreeable, agreed, agreement, conform, conformable, ok). (various references) | |
Sranan | bun (good, nice). (various references) | |
Swahili | vizuri (OK, well), vema (OK, well). (various references) | |
Swedish | okej (done, o.k., ok, okeydokey), bra (all right, bonny, fine, funky, good, great, jolly, longish, nice, not badly, o.k., ok, okeydokey, quite, right, useful, very, very much, well). (various references) | |
Tagalog | okey, ti'a (well), mahúsay (good, nice), magalíng (good, nice), mabúti (good, nice). (various references) | |
Thai | ใช้ได้ (O.K.), ตกลง (fall, OK). (various references) | |
Turkish | onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), onay (acknowledgement, affirmation, approbation, approval, assent, backing, certification, confirmation, endorsement, indorsement, legitimation, o.k., ok, ratification, sanction, visa, vise), olur (agreed, all right, alright, can do, it'll be, o.k., ok, yes), oldu (agreed, deal, done, o.k., ok), okeylemek (o.k., ok), okey (o.k., ok), tasdiklemek (certify, confirm, ok, say ditto), tasdik (attestation, confirmation, ok, ratification, validation), tamam (according to hoyle, agreed, all right, alright, complete, done, exactly, finished, it's a deal, mature, o.k., OK, precisely, righto, rightoh, roger, yeah), peki (all right, alright, good, o.k., ok, very well, well), makbul (acceptable, accepted, agreeable, far out, grateful, o.k., ok, palatable), iyi (agreeable, all right, alright, b, comfortable, decent, decently, fair, fine, good, gratifying, great, happy, just, kind, o.k., ok, sound, well, well enough), idare eder (good deal, o.k., ok, so so), íyí (good, nice), akey. (various references) | |
Turkmen | hoю (informal good-bye, well), bolяar, adatзa (normal). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | схвалювати (approbate, approve, countenance, o.k., ok, okey, sanction, smile, welcome), схвалення (acceptance, accolade, allowance, applause, approbation, approof, approval, backing, o.k., ok, okey), санкція (approbation, approof, approval, assent, imprimatur, o.k., ok, okey, sanction), слухаю (o.k., ok, okey, okeydokey), справний (o.k., ok, okey, serviceable, taut), гаразд (alright, done, o.k., ok, okey, okeydokey, so), все в порядку (o.k., ok, okey), згода (accedence, accord, accordance, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, arrangement, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, fiat, o.k., ok, okey, okeydokey, oneness, suit, understanding, yea, yes), затверджувати (appoint, approbate, approve, certify, o.k., ok, okey, ratify, validate), підхожий (acceptable, adapted, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, befitting, canny, eligible, feasible, fit, fitting, good, likely, meet, o.k., ok, okey, opportune, proper, qualified, suitable), правильно (accurately, alright, aright, correctly, duly, normally, o.k., ok, okey, properly, regular, regularly, right, right on, rightly, straight, that's right), прийнятний (acceptable, acceptive, admissible, adoptable, eligible, entertainable, o.k., ok, okey, receivable, supportable), дозвіл (allowance, assent, authorization, consent, leave, leaving, o.k., ok, okey, order, permission, permit, permittance, warranty), добре (all right, decently, familiarly, good, nicely, o.k., ok, okey, okeydokey, right-ho, smoothly, well), давати згоду (agree, o.k., ok, okey, say yes). (various references) | |
Welsh | yn dda (well), da (cattle, good, goods, nice, stock). (various references) | |
Yucatec | uts (good, nice). (various references) | |
Zulu | kulungile (agreed), kahle (well), -hle (beautiful, fair, fine, good, handsome, lovely, nice, pretty). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bene, bonus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "okay": okayed, okaying, okays. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "okay": tokay. (additional references) | |
Words containing "okay": tokays. (additional references) | |
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"Okay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: akaky, akbay, Akcay, Akkaya, Bokhary, douay, ikey, Ikoyi, kay, koa, Komy, Kopay, Kosy, oaka, oany, Oay, obay, ocao, ocar, oci, ockay, ocky, oday, ofay, ogey, ohay, Ohayu, oikeia, oiky, Oikya, oja, ojay, okae, okal, okam, okas, okeh, Okeyo, oki, okia, Okie, Okin, okio, Okko, okoe, Oktay, Okwanyo, omai, onay, onka, onkey, ookey, ooky, oqa, orai, oray, osai, Otai, otamy, otay, Ouka, ovay, oway, pokay, qkly, rokey, Tokay, Uka, ukky, Yoksam. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "okay" (pronounced ō"kā") |
| 2 | -k ā" | bouquet, Cay, communique, croquet, Dak, decay, Kay, parquet, Quai, quay, risque. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kayo. | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-o-y" | |
-1 letter: kay, koa, oak, oka, yak, yok. | |
-2 letters: ay, ka, oy, ya, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-o-y" | |
+1 letter: kayos, okays, tokay, yapok. | |
+2 letters: alkoxy, croaky, kayoed, kayoes, okayed, ryokan, tokays, yapock, yapoks. | |
+3 letters: dakoity, daybook, daywork, folkway, haycock, hayfork, kayoing, kolacky, okaying, rockaby, ryokans, workday, yapocks. | |
+4 letters: ankylose, blackboy, buckayro, croakily, daybooks, dayworks, dockyard, folkways, haycocks, hayforks, karyotin, keyboard, kymogram, peacocky, playbook, rockabye, rockaway, workaday, workdays, yakitori, yardwork, yearbook, yokemate, yokozuna. | |
+5 letters: ankylosed, ankyloses, ankylosis, ankylotic, blackbody, blackboys, buckayros, cockamamy, dockyards, eukaryote, fancywork, karyogamy, karyology, karyosome, karyotins, karyotype, keyboards, kymograms, kymograph, playbooks, rockabyes, rockaways, stockyard, synkaryon, thylakoid, workmanly, yakitoris, yardworks, yearbooks, yokemates, yokozunas. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Usage Frequency 12. Cities | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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