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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

okay

· IPA /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
01 adj. Satifactory; agreeable; pleasant; as, things are okay; he's an okay guy.
  1. 1.
    Satifactory; agreeable; pleasant; as, things are okay; he's an okay guy.
Syn. all right(predicate), all-right(prenominal), ok, o.k.
02 n. An endorsement; approval; permission; as, they gave us the okay to go ahead.
  1. 1.
    An endorsement; approval; permission; as, they gave us the okay to go ahead.
Syn. OK, okey, okeh.
03 v. t. to approve; as, the boss okayed my proposal.
  1. 1.
    to approve; as, the boss okayed my proposal.
Syn. approve, ok, sanction.