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The Person Above You Game - part 5


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^okay |ˈōˈkā|

exclamation, adjective, adverb, noun, & verb

variant spelling of OK 1 .

OK 1 (also okay |ˈōˈkā|) informal

exclamation

used to express assent, agreement, or acceptance : OK, I'll pass on your message | OK, OK, I give in.

• used to introduce an utterance : “OK, let's go.”

adjective [ predic. ]

satisfactory but not exceptionally or especially good : the flight was OK.

• (of a person) in a satisfactory physical or mental state : are you OK, Ben?

• permissible; allowable : I'm not sure if it's OK to say that to a teacher.

adverb

in a satisfactory manner or to a satisfactory extent : the computer continues to work OK.

noun [in sing. ]

an authorization or approval : do you know how long it takes for those pen-pushers to give us the OK ?

verb ( OK's, OK'd, OK'ing) [ trans. ]

sanction or give approval to : the governor recently OK'd the execution of a man who had committed murder.

ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably an abbreviation of orl korrect, humorous form of all correct, popularized as a slogan during President Van Buren's reelection campaign of 1840; his nickname Old Kinderhook (derived from his birthplace) provided the initials.

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