What does OK mean?

OK

adj.

1. Very good 2. Not bad

Ok

[ EJ5keI]

adj.

Okay, yes, okay

adv.

Okay, yes, okay

n.

Agree

OK

OK 1 or O.K. or o.kay

AHD: [?-k?“] Informal term

D.J.[ou6kei]

K.K.[o6ke]

n. (noun)

Plural OK's or O.K.'s or o.kays

Approval; agreement:

Approve; agree:

got her supervisor's OK before taking a day off.

One day off with the prior consent of management

v.tr. (transitive verb)

OK'd or O.K.'d or o.kayed OK'ing or O.K.' ing or o.kay.ing OK's or O.K.'s or o.kays

To approve of or agree to; authorize.

Approval or agree; approve

interj. (exclamation)

Used to express approval or agreement.

Line: Used to express approval or agreement

Abbreviation of oll korrect

Abbreviation for oll korrect

slang respelling of all correct

Slang respelling of all correct

OK

adv. (adverb)

adj. (adjective)

Although we use this word hundreds of times a week whether things are OK or not, we have probably rarely wondered about its history. That history is in fact a brief one, the word being first recorded in 1839, though it was no doubt in circulation before then. Much scholarship has been expended on the origins of OK, but Allen Walker Read has conclusively proved that OK is based on a sort of joke. Someone pronounced the phrase all correct as oll (or orl ) correct, and the same person or someone else spelled it oll korrect, which abbreviated gives us OK. This term gained w

ide currency by being used as a political slogan by the 1840 Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren, who was nicknamed Old Kinderhook because he was born in Kinderhook, New York. An editorial of the same year, referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K., had this comment: "frightful letters . . . significant of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the Democracy of the late election, 'all correct' . . . Those who wear them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions . . . to make all things O.K.”

Although we use this word hundreds of times a week to express whether something is OK or not, But perhaps few of us delve into the history of the word. In fact, the word has a short history. It was first recorded in 1839, but there is no doubt that the word was in circulation before that. Much research has been done on the origin of the word OK, but Alan Walker Reed finally confirmed that OK came from a joke. Someone pronounced the phrase all correct as oll (or orl) correct. This person or someone else spelled it as oll korrect, and finally shortened it to OK. This term was widely used as a political slogan by Martin Van Buren, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1804. Martin's nickname was Old Kinderhook because he was born in Kinderhook, New York.

An editorial from the same year made the following comment on receiving a pin bearing the slogan OK: “The terrible letters are important not only in identifying Martin Van Buren’s birthplace of Kinderhook, New York, but It is also the popular political propaganda slogan of the Democratic Party in the recent election, "Everything is Right"...Those who wear these pins should also know that doing everything satisfactorily requires their long-term perseverance. "Efforts"

OK

OK 2

abbr. (abbreviation)

Oklahoma.

Oklahoma.

ok

Important derivatives are: eye, daisy, window, eyelet, ocular, inoculate, monocle, myopia, autopsy, synopsis, optic, optometry

Important Derived words are: eye, daisy, window, eyelet, ocular, inoculate, monocle, myopia, autopsy, synopsis, optic, optometry

To see.

See, understand, observe, Distinguish.

eye; daisy, from Old English ?e, eye;

eye; daisy, from Old English ?e, eye;

walleyed, window, from Old Norse auga, eye;

walleyed, window, from Old Norse auga, eye, vision;

ogle, from Low German oog, oge, eye. a, b, and c all from Germanic *aug?- (with taboo deformation).

ogle, from Low German oog, oge, eye. a, b, and c all originate from From Germanic *aug?- (and taboo breaking).

Suffixed form *ok w-olo- .

Added suffixed form *ok w-olo- .

eyelet, ocellus, ocular, oculist, ullage; inoculate, monocle, oculomotor, pinochle, from Latin oculus, eye;

eyelet, ocellus, ocular, oculist, ullage; inoculate, monocle, oculomotor , pinochle, from Latin oculus, eye;

inveigle, from French aveugle, blind, from Gallo-Latin compound *ab-oculus, blind, modeled on Gaulish ex-ops, blind.

inveigle, from

French aveugle, blind person, from French Latin compound *ab-oculus, blind, imitating Gaulish ex-ops, blind.

Form *ok w-s. metopic, myopia, nyctalopia, pelops, phlogopite, pyrope, triceratops, from Greek ?s, eye (and stem *op-, to see).

Form *ok w-s. metopic, myopia, nyctalopia, Pelops, phlogopite, pyrope, triceratops, source From Greek ?s, eye (and stem *op-, to see).

Suffixed form *ok w-ti-. (opsin), -opsis, -opsy; autopsy, (iodopsin), (rhodopsin), synopsis, from Greek opsis, sight, appearance.

Add the suffix form *ok w-ti-. (opsin), -opsis, -opsy; autopsy, (iodopsin), (rhodopsin) ), synopsis, derived from Greek opsis, landscape, appearance.

Suffixed form *ok w-to- . optic; diopter, optometry, panoptic, from Greek optos, seen, visible.

Added suffixed form *ok w-to- . optic; diopter, optometry, panoptic, derived from Greek optos, see, visible.

Suffixed form *ok w-? . metope, from Greek op?}, opening.

Suffixed form *ok w-? . metope, from Greek op?}, opening.

Suffixed form * ok w-m? . ommatidium , ommatophore , from Greek omma (N *opma ), eye.

Added suffix form *ok w-m? . ommatidium , ommatophore , from Greek omma (N *opma ), Eye.

Suffixed form *ok w-tro- . catoptric, from Greek katoptron, "back-looker," mirror (kata-, down, back; see kat-).

Added suffix form *ok w-tro- . catoptric, from Greek katoptron, "an object whose back can be seen," mirror (kata-, downward, backward

of; see kat-).

ophthalmo-; exophthalmos, from Greek ophthalmos, eye (with taboo deformation).

ophthalmo-; exophthalmos, from Greek ophthalmos, note ( No more attention to taboos).

Zero-grade form *…k w- (of oldest full-grade form *…k w- ).

Zero-grade form *…k w- - (the oldest full form of *...k w-).

(see ant- ) Latin ant?s, "appearing before, having prior aspect," former ( *anti- , before) ;

(see ant-) Latin ant?s, "occurring before..., having an earlier element," former, *anti- of the former, before...;

(see ?ter-) Latin á?x}, "black-looking," frightful (*atro-, black);

(see ?ter-) Latin á?x}, " gloomy, "terrible (*atro-, dim);

(see ghwer-) fer?x, "wild-looking," fierce (*ghwero-, wild).

(See ghwer-) fer?x, "savage-looking," ferocious (*ghwero-, savage).

Pokorny ok ?}- 775.

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OK

[EJ5keI]

adj.

Very good

Not bad

OK

adv.

Well; smoothly

That car goes okay now.

The car is running in good condition.

Okay; okay

Let's go there, okay?

Let's go there, okay?

OK

n.

Approval, approval

OK

vt.

okayed, okaying

Agree; permission; approval; acknowledge

OK

int.

Okay; okay; good (= all right; correct)