all right
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1.0
- idiom
- /ɔl raɪt/
- Informal
- I know he'll be all right.
- all right, then
- all right, let's go
- all right, let's
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- So my team sergeant's like all right, here's the new load plan.
- So Kant says, all right, we need to explain this.
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Examples
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OK, now, all right, where should we start?
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We're going to be all right.
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It's higher and closer, all right, but not much closer.
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Father, is it all right if I run along now?
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All right, let's put her to the test then.
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All right, I'm going to ask you something.
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"I didn't want to come, Daddy, but --" "All right, all right," he said.
Fiction book (1990) -
If she wanted to be an atheist, that was all right with him.
Fiction book (1990) -
So you're probably thinking, all right, but what's the results?
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All right, I agree with your plan to meet at noon.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To show you agree or accept something
∞
1.0
Say this to show agreement or acceptance
∞
1.6
Shows agreement or understanding at the start of a sentence
259
1.0
Say this to show agreement or acceptance
130
8.5
Say this to show you strongly agree with something
84
7.7
A strong informal shout that shows agreement
64
8.4
A short informal way to say okay
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8.7
To show you agree or are ready to begin
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9.9
A short casual reply showing weak agreement or that you heard someone
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8.2
A short informal word to show agreement or acceptance
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8.2
A casual way to show you agree or that you understand
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9.9
Says that something is okay or acceptable
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8.6
Shows that you agree strongly with what someone says
Antonyms
How Agreeing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'satisfactory/acceptable' is transparently derived from combining 'all' as an intensifier (completely/entirely) with 'right' meaning correct or okay, yielding the sense 'completely right' → 'fine/acceptable'. This intensifier + adjective compositional pattern is common and cross‑linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE’s meaning.
Etymology
All right comes from the words all meaning 'everything' and right meaning 'correct'. When someone says 'all right' after hearing something, they mean everything is correct, so it shows agreement or acceptance.