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or O.K. or okay

[[t]ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ[/t]] adj. adv. n. pl. OKs or OK's or O.K.'s or o•kays,

1) cvb all right; satisfactory:

Is everything OK?[/ex]

2) cvb correct, permissible, or acceptable

3) cvb feeling well

4) cvb safe; sound

5) cvb adequate but unremarkable

6) cvb estimable, likable, or dependable

7) cvb all right; well enough; successfully; fine:

He sings OK[/ex]

8) cvb (used to request or express agreement, acknowledgment, approval, etc.)

9) cvb an approval, agreement, or endorsement

10) cvb to endorse or indicate approval of; authorize

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Etymology: initials of a facetious folk phonetic spelling, e.g., oll or orl korrect representing all correct, first attested in Boston in 1839, then used in 1840 by Democrat partisans of Martin Van Buren, who allegedly named their organization, the O.K. Club, in allusion to the initials of Old Kinderhook, Van Buren's nickname, derived from his birthplace, Kinderhook, New York II

Oklahoma