to okay

Examples

• All

• As soon as he okayed the form, I walked out of the office.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Are these the papers that my attorney okayed yesterday?

  Night Key (1937)

• Would you okay this bill for Miss William's second act?

  The Broadway Melody (1929)

• Can you OK the zoom filter?

• You want me to okay a loan without collateral?

  Carbon Copy (1981)

• If the flight surgeon had to okay me for this mission, I'd be grounded.

  Apollo 13 (1995)

• BEN: Can't let you do that, until it's okayed by the FBI, Cory.

  Wind River (2017)

• Bartlett okays my afternoon at the EPA, but only if I get him the preliminary budget projection first.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He okayed the deal.

  The Anderson Tapes (1971)

• The manager will okay the budget proposal during the meeting tomorrow.

Synonyms

A

to approve

vsto okay

∞ 1.6

To officially agree to something or think that it is good

stresses formal permission for action rather than personal acceptance

A

to authorize

vsto okay

489 4.4

To give official permission for someone to do something

focuses on approval or permission rather than empowering a person

C

to clear

vsto okay

• Formal

209 5.5

To get official permission or approval

refers to approval as consent rather than an administrative clearance

S

to sanction

vsto okay

• Formal

53 6.3

To give official permission for something

is general formal approval without stressing the authority role

O

to O.K.

vsto okay

2.3

To give permission to start or use something

is the full word form used in normal writing and speech

Antonyms

P

to prohibit

299 3.3

To officially say that something is not allowed by law

D

to disallow

• Formal

16 3.9

To refuse to allow something, usually by an official rule

How Approved

to endorse

183 4.2

to authorize

489 4.4

to approve

∞ 1.6

to okay

18 3.1

to permit

531 1.5

to allow

∞ 1.0

to nod

442 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology