OK
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1.0
- noun
- /oʊˈkeɪ/
:
visto bueno
- The NFL Films crew had gotten the OK to film anything and everything.
- give the OK
So she gave me OK, saw meets speed.
- So she gave me OK, saw meets speed.
Examples
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If the deal receives the OK from regulators, it will close in mid-2013.
Blog text (2) -
I won't get the OK from London today.
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The party's all behind it and if Eddie Marshall gives the OK, you'll be running on your own next election.
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There has been frenzied activity all day long here at Gasoline Alley as chief mechanics and drivers have given the final OK to their beautiful racing machine.
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Despite Jamie's misgivings, the expedition controllers had OK'd Dex's plan.
Fiction book (1999) -
The committee finally gave their OK for the new project to move forward.
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Before proceeding with the renovations, we need the landlord's OK on the plans.
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The teacher received the principal's OK to start the after-school program.
Synonyms
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1.6
Official permission to do something from a person or group in charge
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4.1
A written document that gives official permission or instruction
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3.4
Official permission to start something
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3.9
An official stamp shows a person in charge thinks something is good
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9.7
Permission from someone in charge to start or do something
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1.5
Official permission to proceed with something
Permission from someone in charge to go ahead
Formal approval that lets a plan or action start
Approval or permission to start
Antonyms
How Authorized
Surface Forms
Etymology
OK began as the letters from the joke oll korrect meaning 'all correct', and soon people used those letters to show approval or permission. So when someone gives the OK, they give 'official permission' to go ahead.