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What does OK mean?

adj.

1. Very good 2. Not bad

[ EJ5keI]

adj.

Okay, yes, okay

adv.

Okay, yes, okay

Agree

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 < /p>

Abbreviation for oll korrect

slang respelling of all correct

Slang respelling of all correct

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 wide 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, perhaps few of us delve into the history of this 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 2

abbr. (abbreviation)

Oklahoma.

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;

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. metop

ic , 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, 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, from Greek opsis, landscape, appearance.

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

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

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

Added 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.

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

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

Add the suffix form *ok w-tro- . catoptric, from Greek katoptron, "an object whose back can be seen," mirror (kata-, downward, backward; See kat-).

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

ophthalmo- ; exophthalmos , from Greek ophthalmos , note (no longer Pay attention to taboos).

Zero-grade form

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

Zero-grade form *…k w- (of oldest full-grade form *…k w- ). < /p>

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

(see ant-) Latin ant?s , “appearing before, having prior aspect,” former ( *anti- , before); s, "appeared before..., had earlier elements," former, *anti- of the former, before...;

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

(see ?ter-) Latin á?x} , "gloomy-looking," scary ( *atro- , dim); < /p>

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

(see ghwer-) fer?x, “wild-looking” ," Brutal (*ghwero-, savage).

Pokorny ok ?}- 775.

[EJ5keI]

adj.

Very good

Not bad

OK< /p>

adv.

Well; smoothly