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Etymology 1
Origin. Wikipedia lists, of which the most widely accepted is that it is an abbreviation of , a comical spelling of , which first appeared in print in The Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839, as part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s. The expression became popular through its use in the presidential campaign of Martin Van Buren in 1840, who was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and then slowly acquired other meanings.

The 🇨🇬 word, , common in Choctaw translations of the Bible, could also explain OK's variety of affirmative definitions. Additionally, okeh was the most common etymology of okay in dictionaries until the 1960s, and linguistically predates Boston's O.K.. However, this theory suffers from the fact that the Choctaw language was relatively obscure and generally spoken (sometimes in a pidgin form) mainly with African-American slaves.

Noun

 * 1) Endorsement; approval; ;.

Verb

 * 1)  To approve; to ; to  to.
 * I don't want to OK this amount of money.
 * 1)  To confirm by activating a button marked OK.

Adjective

 * 1) All right, acceptable, permitted.
 * 2) Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
 * 3) Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
 * 4) In good health or a good emotional state.
 * 1) Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
 * 2) In good health or a good emotional state.
 * 1) In good health or a good emotional state.
 * 1) In good health or a good emotional state.

Adverb

 * 1) Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.

Interjection

 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Come by this afternoon. &mdash; Okay.
 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Come by this afternoon. &mdash; Okay.
 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Come by this afternoon. &mdash; Okay.
 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Come by this afternoon. &mdash; Okay.

Derived terms

 * k
 * k
 * k

Proper noun

 * 1) United States postal abbreviation for, a state of the United States of America.

Etymology 3
Possibly a shortening of.

Noun

 * 1)  Karaoke.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1)  OK

Adverb

 * 1)  moderately; fairly

Verb

 * 1)  to OK; to approve; to accept

Etymology
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Interjection

 * 1)  OK in buttons, etc.
 * 1)  OK in buttons, etc.

Etymology
.

Interjection

 * 1)  (endorsement; approval)

Etymology
From of.

Noun

 * 1)  operating theatre, operating room.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) agreement; approval; okay
 * 2) no problem
 * 1) no problem
 * 1) no problem

Adjective

 * 1) OK; all right; fine

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  good

Etymology
.

Interjection

 * 1)  indicates acknowledgement or acceptance

Noun

 * 1)  an indication of acknowledgement or acceptance

Adverb

 * , okay

Adjective

 * , okay

Interjection

 * , okay

Etymology
From.

Interjection

 * , acknowledgement or acceptance
 * , dismissal of a dialog box or confirmation of a prompt