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Everything is okay with the new computer setup.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Satisfactory, acceptable, or adequate: Used to indicate that something is acceptable, permissible, or in a satisfactory state or condition.
    • Safe, unharmed, or well: Used to indicate that a person is safe, uninjured, or feeling well.

  2. Adverb:

    • In a satisfactory or adequate manner: Used to indicate that an action is performed or a situation exists at an acceptable level.

  3. Noun:

    • Approval, authorization, or endorsement: A sign or statement of agreement, permission, or acceptance.

  4. Verb:

    • To approve, authorize, or give consent to: To formally or informally agree to something, allowing it to happen.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • "Is the temperature in the room okay for you?" (Satisfactory condition)
    • "Don't worry, I'm okay after the fall." (Unharmed state)

  • Adverb:

    • "She managed the project okay on her first try." (In an adequate manner)
    • "The engine is running okay now." (Functioning satisfactorily)

  • Noun:

    • "We need the manager's okay before proceeding." (Formal approval)
    • "He gave me a nod as an okay to start." (Signal of consent)

  • Verb:

    • "The committee will okay the budget tomorrow." (Formally approve)
    • "Can you okay this invoice for payment?" (Authorize)
Advanced Usage

  • "Okay by/with me": An informal expression indicating personal agreement or lack of objection.

    • "If you want to leave early, that's okay by me."

  • "It's okay": A common phrase used to express reassurance, acceptance, or to downplay a problem.

    • "It's okay, everyone makes mistakes." (Reassurance)
    • "Is this your seat?" – "Yes, but it's okay, you can sit here." (Acceptance)
Variants and Related Words
  • OK: The most common standard spelling variant for all parts of speech (adjective, adverb, noun, verb).
  • O.K.: A common variant, often with periods.
  • Okeydokey (interjection/informal adjective): A playful, informal variant expressing agreement.
  • A-OK (adjective/adverb): Emphatic informal variant meaning perfectly satisfactory.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Acceptable, fine, all right, satisfactory, adequate.
  • Adverb: Satisfactorily, adequately, acceptably, well enough.
  • Noun: Approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, green light, go-ahead.
  • Verb: Approve, authorize, endorse, sanction, agree to.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Okay" itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its function is similar in phrases.) - To be okay with something: To find something acceptable or agreeable. - "Are you okay with the proposed changes?" - To okay something with someone: To get someone's approval for something. - "Make sure you okay the plans with the director first."

Related Idioms
  • Okay, okay!: An interjection used to concede a point or to ask someone to stop insisting.
    • "Okay, okay! I admit you were right."
  • It'll be okay / Everything's going to be okay: A comforting phrase used to reassure someone.
    • "Don't cry, sweetheart. It'll be okay."
okay

Everything is okay with the new computer setup.

Adjective
  1. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
    • an all-right movie
    • the passengers were shaken up but are all right
    • is everything all right?
    • everything's fine
    • things are okay
    • dinner and the movies had been fine
    • another minute I'd have been fine
Adverb
  1. in a satisfactory or adequate manner; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')
    • she'll do okay on her own
    • held up all right under pressure
Noun
  1. an endorsement
    • they gave us the O.K. to go ahead
Verb
  1. give sanction to
    • I approve of his educational policies

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