alright

«alright» in Mova's school dictionary: Fine, safe, not hurt or not ill — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective, adverb, interjection (alright); another spelling of "all right"

meaning for a pupil

1) Fine, safe, not hurt or not ill. tree →

2) Good enough, acceptable, OK. tree →

3) Used to agree: yes, OK. tree →

4) (UK, informal greeting) "Alright?" means hello, how are you. tree →

sense in the lessons

Very common in everyday talk and stories: Are you alright? It's alright. Alright, let's go. In the UK and Ireland "Alright?" or "Alright, mate?" is a greeting. Phrases: are you alright, it'll be alright, alright then.

examples

• Are you alright? You look pale. tree →
• The film was alright, but not great. tree →
• "Can we go now?" "Alright." tree →
• Don't cry, it'll be alright. tree →
• Alright, mate? (UK greeting) tree →
• Is it alright if I sit here? tree →

note

Many teachers and exams prefer the two-word spelling "all right"; "alright" is common but seen as informal. Same meaning as OK. As a greeting in the UK, the reply is often just "Alright" or "Yeah, you?"

In the corpora

• Sam just says «Alright, Tank» and walks on.
• That's alright.» You can do everything right and an animal still never comes round.
• «It's alright to feel left out, love,» says her mum.
• «He's actually alright, y'know,» says Kieran, chewing.
• «I live in a home, it's alright,» is enough.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alright» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.