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Okay   Listen
noun
okay  n.  An endorsement; approval; permission; as, they gave us the okay to go ahead.
Synonyms: OK, okey, okeh.






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"Okay" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Perfectly okay," Malone said agreeably. "But I would like to know something. Do you treat all your visitors like this? I mean—the milkman, the mailman, relatives ...
— Brain Twister • Gordon Randall Garrett

... away from the table. "Forget it. This is a wonderful moment; I'll be home for the next two shifts. Nothing to do but sit around and take things easy. Maybe we can take in a show. Okay?" ...
— The Defenders • Philip K. Dick

... finished eating I asked if it would be okay to leave my suitcase behind the counter while I looked around a bit. She showed me where to put it so it would be out ...
— The Gallery • Roger Phillips Graham

... rather have it than any title such as girls snap up so readily, and find nothing behind. I may be mercenary, but I hate poverty, and don't mean to bear it a minute longer than I can help. One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round. I wouldn't marry a man I hated or despised. You may be sure of that, and though Fred is not my model hero, he does very well, and in time I should get fond enough of him if he was very fond of me, and let me do just as I liked. So I've been turning the matter over in ...
— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott

... what seemed about three days. At last he nodded, looked down at the card intently, raised his head and nodded again. "Okay," he ...
— Pagan Passions • Gordon Randall Garrett



Words linked to "Okay" :   authorise, disapprove, okey, hunky-dory, a-okay, warrant, plump for, alright, satisfactory, approve, support, colloquialism, okeh, indorsement, fine, indorse



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