OK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does OK mean? 

• OK (noun)
  The noun OK has 2 senses:

1. a state in south central United States

2. an endorsement

  Familiarity information: OK used as a noun is rare.

• OK (adjective)
  The adjective OK has 1 sense:

1. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

  Familiarity information: OK used as an adjective is very rare.

• OK (adverb)
  The adverb OK has 1 sense:

1. an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

  Familiarity information: OK used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in south central United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

OK; Okla.; Oklahoma; Sooner State

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "OK"):

Platt National Park (a national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs)

Red; Red River (a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana)

Neosho; Neosho River (a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River)

Llano Estacado (a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains)

Cimarron; Cimarron River (a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River)

Canadian; Canadian River (a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma)

Arkansas; Arkansas River (a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River)

Tulsa (a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries)

capital of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City (capital and largest city of Oklahoma; the economy is based on oil and livestock)

Muskogee (a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River)

McAlester (a town in southeastern Oklahoma)

Lawton (a town in southwest Oklahoma)

Enid (a town in north central Oklahoma)

Bartlesville (a town in northeastern Oklahoma)

Holonyms ("OK" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An endorsement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

O.K.; OK; okay; okeh; okey

Context example:

they gave us the O.K. to go ahead

Hypernyms ("OK" is a kind of...):

countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant (formal and explicit approval)

Derivation:

O.K. (give sanction to)

• OK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

Synonyms:

all right; cool; fine; hunky-dory; o.k.; ok; okay

Context example:

another minute I'd have been fine

Similar:

satisfactory (giving satisfaction)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

• OK (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

Synonyms:

all right; alright; fine; OK; very well

 Context examples 

Eating a meal with this amount of fat is OK one or two days a week even considering the effect on inflammation.

(Humans More Unique than Expected When It Comes to Digesting Fatty Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Some other questions to ask are: • How long you will be in the hospital • What kind of supplies, equipment, and help you might need when you go home • When you can go back to work • When it is ok to start exercising again • Are they any other restrictions in your activities

(After Surgery, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research)