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all right en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌaː(l)ˈɹiːt/ (Northumbria)
  • /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio
  • ôl'rīt' (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/ without the cot–caught merger

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition.
    • The car is all right. It gets me there, anyway.
  2. (not-comparable) In good health, unharmed.
    • The dread of most etherizers is a quiet breather who may stop breathing without his notice, and requires the almost constant presence of his ear at the patient's mouth to be sure he or she is all right. 1903, William Brodie, Carl Jungk, Francis Edward Stewart, The Therapeutic Gazette, page 536:
    • ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’ 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • I had a headache earlier, but now I'm all right.
    • Next I called my dear friend Nellie Connally in Dallas. We had been close to Nellie and John for many years, sharing moments of sorrow and happiness alike. She reported that the surgeon had just finished operating and that John was going to be all right. 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 16:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
alright alternative, nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
allright alternative, misspelling lexicographic

Deriveds

all rights · it'll be all right on the night · all rightie · all righty · you're all right

Descendants

אָלרײַטניק · orait · irie

Translations (74)

ur اچّھا (good) · sv duglig (good) · nl in een goede gezondheid (in good health) · fr bien (good) · mr बरा (good) · pl w porządku (in good health) · fr en forme (in good health) · ru здоро́вый (in good health) · sv skaplig (good) · ga i gceart (good) · ko 괜찮다 (good) · de unversehrt (in good health) · ga i gceart (in good health) · tpi orait (in good health) · pt bem (in good health) · hu(in good health) · sv okej (in good health) · el μια χαρά (good) · fr ça va (in good health) · fr are you all right? (in good health) · de gesund (in good health) · fr ok (good) · ckb باش (good) · pt razoável (good) · ja 大丈夫な (in good health) · fi terve (in good health) · mr ठीक (good) · hu rendben (good) · tpi orait (good) · ckb چاک (good) · da i orden (good) · hi अच्छा (good) · ru в поря́дке (in good health) · fi kunnossa (good) · no ålreit (good) · hu jól (good) · hu(good) · ru хоро́ший (good) · de gut (good) · nl prima (good) · it bene (in good health) · de in Ordnung (good) · cmn 沒事 /没事 (good) · es normal (in good health) · pl zdrowy (in good health) · ga go maith (good) · mr बर्या (good) · mr बरी (good) · fi kunnossa oleva (good) · sv okej (good) · sv oskadd (in good health) · gl ben (good) · pt bom (in good health) · ga ceart go leor (good) · nl in orde (good) · is ágætur (in good health) · km សមគួរ (good) · cmn(good) · fi kunnossa (in good health) · mr बरे (good) · it bene (good) · ur ٹھیک (good) · pt legal (in good health) · ar جَيِّد (good) · gl ben (in good health) · hi ठीक (good) · es bien (good) · fr bien (in good health) · el εντάξει (good) · ja 大丈夫な (good) · cmn 好的 (good) · fr d'accord (good) · sco awricht (good) · pl dobry (good)

all right en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌaː(l)ˈɹiːt/ (Northumbria)
  • /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio
  • ôl'rīt' (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/ without the cot–caught merger

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Fairly well.
    • Its Chairman stated last December: "We believe that if we establish a sensible, coherent system, try to be as efficient as possible, get new equipment as fast as we're able and show our passengers we like them, we'll do all right." 1958 May 14, John R. Day, “Railway Prospects in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 347:
    • It went all right because my old drill still works all right.
  2. (informal, not-comparable) Most certainly; for sure.
    • You taught them a lesson all right! They won't be back.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
allright alternative, misspelling lexicographic
alright alternative, nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic

Translations (29)

ja 大丈夫 (fairly well) · sv skapligt (fairly well) · sv väl (fairly well) · nl vrij goed (fairly well) · ja しゃんと (fairly well) · cmn(fairly well) · de in Ordnung (fairly well) · hi अच्छे (fairly well) · eo bone (fairly well) · ar حَسَنًا (fairly well) · mk добро (fairly well) · pt bem (fairly well) · ro bine (fairly well) · sv okej (fairly well) · ru непло́хо (fairly well) · ro O.K. (fairly well) · ru ничего́ (fairly well) · ja よく (fairly well) · ro în ordine (fairly well) · fi ihan hyvin (fairly well) · ru хорошо́ (fairly well) · fr bien (fairly well) · fi mukavasti (fairly well) · ja ちゃんと (fairly well) · mk во ред (fairly well) · de gut (fairly well) · nl wel degelijk (fairly well) · fi hyvin (fairly well) · hi ठीक से (fairly well)

all right en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌaː(l)ˈɹiːt/ (Northumbria)
  • /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio
  • ôl'rīt' (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/ without the cot–caught merger

Meanings

  1. Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
    • All right, let's go then.
    • Presently there came a loud ring, then a decided voice, asking for 'Mr. Laurie', and a surprised-looking servant came running up to announce a young lady. "All right, show her up, it's Miss Jo," said Laurie, going to the door of his little parlor to meet Jo, who appeared, looking rosy and quite at her ease, with a covered dish in one hand and Beth's three kittens in the other. 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:
  2. Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
    • All right! They scored!
  3. Used to fill space or pauses.
    • All right, so what you suggest we do next?
  4. Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
    • All right, let's get started.
  5. Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
    • All right, already! Let me finish what I was doing first, and then we can talk.
    • Jasdeep: Why don’t you command yourself to buy us new clothes, cheapskate? Sultan: What? Who said that? Speak up! Anbumani: And while you’re at it, I wouldn’t mind a better place to live. Six people in one room at the Route 16 Motel, stinks. Sultan: All right! That was you, Sultana! I know that voice! 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 29:
  6. (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
    • All right, mate, how are things with you and the missus?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
allright alternative, misspelling lexicographic
alright alternative, nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic

Deriveds

alright · a'right · all righto · aight

Descendants

orait

Relateds

all-right · okay · OK

Translations (137)

pt está bem (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ckb باش (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · sv okej (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · cy iawn (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · hy լավ (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · it d'accordo (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fr super (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · ur ٹھیک (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · pt isso! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · pt tudo bem? (a greeting, roughly equivalent to how are you (6)) · tl o sige (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · fr ça va bien (comme ça) (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already (5)) · mnc ᠵᠣᠣ (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already (5)) · nl prima (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · hi अच्छा (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ru браво (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · ja 了解 (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · pt(Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · de nun (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · fi samapa se (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fi jees! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · sv okej (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · nl in orde (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · nv wehee (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · pt então (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · de schon gut (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already (5)) · es dale (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · cy iawn (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ja オーライ (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fi mitäs sä (a greeting, roughly equivalent to how are you (6)) · fi hyvä on (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · es ándale (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ka კარგი (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · de in Ordnung (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fi no niin (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already (5)) · fr bon (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · ko 오케이 (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · cmn(Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tl sige (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · cmn(Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · it bene (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · ga ceart go leor (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · es ya (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tr pekâlâ (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · de bravo (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · ja オーケー (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tpi orait (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · ru так (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · es sale y vale (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fi mitäs sinä (a greeting, roughly equivalent to how are you (6)) · fi no niin (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · ru класс (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · tr hadi (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · fr bon (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already (5)) · pt tudo bem (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ru улёт (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · fr c’est bon ! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · is sko (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · cy o'r gorau (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fo alt í lagi (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fr d'accord ! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · fr c'est bon (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tpi orait (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · ru супер (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · pt tá bom (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · es venga (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · es vale (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · pt isso aí! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · cy o'r gorau (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · tl ayos! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · tl sige na nga! (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already (5)) · ru отпад (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · nl oké (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · es okey (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · es venga (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · cmn 可以 (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fr alors (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · de also (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · sv okej (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · sv okej (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · ar حَسَنًا (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tpi orait (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · de super (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · de also (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · sk v poriadku (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · de nun (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · de na schön (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · ru здорово (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · tl okey (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fr ok (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · hi ठीक (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tl okey! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · ja よし (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · cy o'r gorau (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · de gut (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ru оке́й (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tr pekâlâ (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · nl oké (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · is allt í lagi (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fr bien (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · hu rendben (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · nl goed (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · pt bem (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · nv lą́ʼąąʼ (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · pt é isso aí! (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · gl de acordo (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fi selvä (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · es 'tá (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · tl sige (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · es de acuerdo (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · nl goed (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · cy iawn? (a greeting, roughly equivalent to how are you (6)) · es listo (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · nl dus (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · hy բարի (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fi no niin (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · es muy bien (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ja 畏まりました (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · km យល់ព្រម (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · sv läget (a greeting, roughly equivalent to how are you (6)) · cy ti'n iawn? (a greeting, roughly equivalent to how are you (6)) · fr ça va (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · pt então (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · nl dus (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · cmn 好的 (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · fr bon (Used as a general lead-in or beginning (4)) · ko 괜찮아 (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · cy iawn (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · it va bene (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ru хорошо́ (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · pt ouviste? (ask if understood) · nv hágoshį́į́ (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · is hérna (Used to fill space or pauses (3)) · ru потрясно (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement (2)) · ru ла́дно (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ur اچّھا (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1)) · ko 알겠어요 (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent (1))