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okay en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˌɔˈkej] Ghanaian
• /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ Received Pronunciation, stressed form
• (UK, stressed) audio
• /əˈkeɪ/ (unstressed)
• (US, stressed) audio
• /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ General American, stressed form
• (UK, unstressed) audio

Etymology

A respelling of OK.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of OK.
   alt of OK
   • 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. 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:

Forms

okay en · ADV

Pronunciation

• [ˌɔˈkej] Ghanaian
• /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ Received Pronunciation, stressed form
• (UK, stressed) audio
• /əˈkeɪ/ (unstressed)
• (US, stressed) audio
• /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ General American, stressed form
• (UK, unstressed) audio

Etymology

A respelling of OK.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of OK.
   alt of OK

Forms

okay en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• [ˌɔˈkej] Ghanaian
• /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ Received Pronunciation, stressed form
• (UK, stressed) audio
• /əˈkeɪ/ (unstressed)
• (US, stressed) audio
• /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ General American, stressed form
• (UK, unstressed) audio

Etymology

A respelling of OK.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of OK.
   alt of OK

Forms

Deriveds

okayish · a-okay · otay · kay · k · okie-dokie · 'kay · okey-dokey · m'kay · A-OK · okayly · pay or okay · okayness

Translations (3)

sk okej (OK) · es okay (OK) · es okey (OK)

okay en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˌɔˈkej] Ghanaian
• /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ Received Pronunciation, stressed form
• (UK, stressed) audio
• /əˈkeɪ/ (unstressed)
• (US, stressed) audio
• /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ General American, stressed form
• (UK, unstressed) audio

Etymology

A respelling of OK.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of OK.
   alt of OK

Forms

Translations (2)

es okay (OK) · es okey (OK)

okay en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˌɔˈkej] Ghanaian
• /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/ Received Pronunciation, stressed form
• (UK, stressed) audio
• /əˈkeɪ/ (unstressed)
• (US, stressed) audio
• /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/ General American, stressed form
• (UK, unstressed) audio

Etymology

A respelling of OK.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of OK.
   alt of OK
   • They [the English] turned her [Joan of Arc] over to the mercies of the Church to make sure the murder was a blessed one. All soldiers are superstitious, I suppose. Nobody wanted to kill an obvious saint unless the Church okayed it. 1970, Leslie Waller, chapter 8, in The American: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60:

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