to okay

Definition of to okay in English English dictionary: alright; well; give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"; {ü} Fine! Alright!; If you say that something is okay, you find it satisfactory or acceptable. a shooting range where it's OK to use weapons Is it okay if I come by myself? I guess for a fashionable restaurant like this the prices are OK. = all right Okay is also an adverb. We seemed to manage okay for the first year or so after David was born. = all right; formulae You can say `Okay' to show that you agree to something. `Just tell him Sir Kenneth would like to talk to him.' --- `OK.' `Shall I give you a ring on Friday?' --- `Yeah okay.' = all right; You can say `Okay?' to check whether the person you are talking to understands what you have said and accepts it. We'll get together next week, OK? = all right; If someone in authority okays something, they officially agree to it or allow it to happen. His doctor wouldn't OK the trip Okay is also a noun. He gave the okay to issue a new press release; You can use okay to stop someone arguing with you by showing that you accept the point they are making, though you do not necessarily regard it as very important. Okay, there is a slight difference Okay, so I'm forty-two; in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right'); being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"; If you say that someone is okay, you mean that they are safe and well. Check that the baby's okay `Don't worry about me,' I said. `I'll be okay.' = all right; You can use okay to indicate that you want to start talking about something else or doing something else. OK. Now, let's talk some business Tim jumped to his feet. `Okay, let's go.' = right; {f} confirm, approve; {i} authorization, approval; agreement; an endorsement; "they gave us the O K to go ahead"; righto