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okey

okey

3 9.7
Permission from someone in charge to start or do something
  • noun
  • /oʊˈki/
: aprobación

Examples

  • I would, if required, attempt cold-calling the attorney general of our state to persuade him of the splendor of the Niagara Hall when Diana, his daughter, finally gave the okey-dokey to her suitor, Ben.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The project received the okey from the board before moving forward.

  • After securing the necessary okey, they began the construction of the new facility.

  • She smiled and gave her okey to the proposal presented by her colleagues.

Synonyms

okay
vsokey
50 1.5

Official permission to proceed with something

is the same approval but presented with a different spelling
OK
vsokey
16 1.0

Permission from a person in charge to start something

is the same approval but differs in spelling or form
O.K.
vsokey
5 2.0

Permission from someone in charge to go ahead

is the same approval without punctuation in writing
oke
vsokey
  • Slang
2 9.9

Approval or permission to start

is the standard official approval with a more formal tone
okeh
vsokey
1 9.9

Formal approval that lets a plan or action start

is broader, serving as general official approval rather than only sign offs

Antonyms

refusal
117 1.4

An act of saying you will not accept or agree to something

disapproval
45 3.0

A feeling that shows you do not agree with someone or what they do

Idioms

okey dokey, artichokey
  • Informal
1 9.9

Say yes in a playful way

How Approved

authorization
  • Formal
36 4.1
permission
842 1.0
endorsement
239 3.6
okey
3 9.7
okay
50 1.5
approval
  • Formal
342 1.6

Surface Forms

okey singular
okeys plural

Etymology

The word okey comes from the familiar OK, which began in America in the 1800s as a playful short form of 'all correct' spelled as oll korrect. So okey now means a 'yes' or an official approval to go ahead.