Ok — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a state in south central United States

an endorsement

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌoʊkˈeɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌəʊkˈeɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌəʊkˈeɪ/

1 syllable Say it as /ˌoʊkˈeɪ/.

Examples

they gave us the O.K. to go ahead
an all-right movie
the passengers were shaken up but are all right

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hunky-dory very well okay fine okey o.k.all right Oklahoma Sooner State O.K.alright okeh

Parts of Speech

noun	a state in south central United States
noun	an endorsement “they gave us the O.K. to go ahead”
adjective	being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition “an all-right movie”
adverb	an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

Word Forms

O.K.	verb	give sanction to
okay	verb	give sanction to

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

d'accord

un État du centre-sud des États-Unis

🇷🇺Russian

хорошо

штат на юге центральной части США

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ठीक है

दक्षिण मध्य संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में एक राज्य

🇧🇩Bengali

ঠিক আছে

দক্ষিণ মধ্য মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের একটি রাজ্য

🇮🇳Tamil

சரி

தென் மத்திய அமெரிக்காவில் உள்ள ஒரு மாநிலம்

🇮🇳Telugu

సరే

దక్షిణ మధ్య యునైటెడ్ స్టేట్స్‌లోని ఒక రాష్ట్రం

🇮🇳Marathi

ठीक आहे

दक्षिण मध्य युनायटेड स्टेट्समधील एक राज्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઠીક

દક્ષિણ મધ્ય યુનાઇટેડ સ્ટેટ્સમાં એક રાજ્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸರಿ

ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಮಧ್ಯ ಯುನೈಟೆಡ್ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್ಸ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಒಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശരി

ദക്ഷിണ മധ്യ യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സിലെ ഒരു സംസ്ഥാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਠੀਕ ਹੈ

ਦੱਖਣੀ ਮੱਧ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਰਾਜ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹھیک ہے

جنوبی وسطی ریاستہائے متحدہ میں ایک ریاست

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

好的

美国中南部的一个州

🇯🇵Japanese

わかりました

米国中南部の州

🇰🇷Korean

미국 중남부에 있는 주

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Được rồi

một tiểu bang ở miền trung nam nước Mỹ

🇹🇭Thai

ตกลง

รัฐทางตอนใต้ของสหรัฐอเมริกากลาง

🇮🇩Indonesian

Oke

sebuah negara bagian di Amerika Serikat tengah bagian selatan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نعم

ولاية في جنوب وسط الولايات المتحدة

🇮🇷Persian

باشه

ایالتی در جنوب مرکزی ایالات متحده

🇹🇷Turkish

Tamam

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin güney orta kesiminde bir eyalet

🇮🇱Hebrew

בְּסֵדֶר

מדינה בדרום מרכז ארצות הברית

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