/o.kɛ/
Translation
OK, all right, agreed (usually written OK or okay in modern French)
Word origin
Borrowed from American English OK, first recorded in a Boston newspaper in 1839 as a joky abbreviation of 'oll korrect', a deliberate misspelling of 'all correct'. Its spread was helped by the 1840 campaign slogan 'Old Kinderhook', the nickname of president Martin Van Buren.
- Origin
- American English
- Root
- oll korrect
- English cognates
- okay
Examples
O.K., rappelle .
OK, I will call you back in ten minutes.
O.K. .
Everything is fine for tomorrow's meeting.
O.K. .
The boss gave his go-ahead for the project.
- ? O.K., .
Does that suit you? OK, then we leave at eight.
O.K. .
She said OK without hesitating for a second.
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