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okeh

okeh

9.9
Formal approval that lets a plan or action start
  • noun
  • /oʊˈkeɪ/
translation icon : aprobación

Examples

  • In 1929, he began recording with labels such as Victor, Okeh, Columbia, Grey Gull, and Gennett (often under a pseudonym).

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  • They left Decca Records in 1936 to sign with the American Record Company (later part of Columbia Records) and appeared on that label's Okeh and Vocalion imprints on 32 songs in two sessions in late 1937 (click to listen to "Melody of the Plains" here).

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  • The board's decision received unanimous okeh, paving the way for the new policy implementation.

  • Before the project could move forward, they needed the official okeh from the committee.

  • She smiled and gave her okeh when he asked if she liked the new design.

Synonyms

OK
vsokeh
23 1.0

Permission from a person in charge to start something

is used especially as a formal sign off
9 3.4

An official sign that shows someone agrees with something

is used as a formal sign off rather than a literal mark
okey
vsokeh
3 9.7

Permission from someone in charge to start or do something

is used especially as a formal sign off
okay
vsokeh
1 1.5

Official permission to proceed with something

is used especially as a formal sign off
O.K.
vsokeh
2.0

Permission from someone in charge to go ahead

is used especially as a formal sign off
oke
vsokeh
  • Slang
9.9

Approval or permission to start

is more formal and used as an official sign off

Antonyms

180 3.0

Not being accepted by people or a group

45 3.0

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

How Approved

authorization
  • Formal
36 4.1
okeh
9.9
okay
1 1.5
endorsement
161 3.6
approval
  • Formal
400 1.6

Surface Forms

okeh singular
okehs plural

Etymology

The word okeh is an old form of OK, used as a formal sign of 'approval'. A helpful way to remember it is that people think it comes from a Native American word okeh meaning 'it is so', so it became a short, clear way to say 'yes' or give official permission.