ok

«ok» in Mova's school dictionary: All right; acceptable; good enough: «Is it OK if I sit… — 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 and adverb (OK, okay); exclamation (OK!); verb (OK, OK's, OK'd, OK'ing — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) All right; acceptable; good enough: «Is it OK if I sit here?» tree →

2) Well; not ill or hurt: «Are you OK?» tree →

3) (exclamation) Yes, I agree: «OK, let's go!» tree →

4) (verb, informal) To give permission: «Mum OK'd the trip». tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: one of the commonest words in English; «Are you OK?» is a key safety and kindness question — if someone is not OK, tell a trusted adult. In wellbeing lessons: «It's OK to feel sad». In stories «OK» starts a decision. Phrases: «Is it OK if…?», «that's OK», «it's going to be OK», «OK?».

examples

• Are you OK? You look sad. tree →
• Is it OK if I borrow your pencil? tree →
• OK, let's start the game. tree →
• The food was OK, but not great. tree →
• It's OK to make mistakes. tree →
• Mum said it was OK for me to go to the party. tree →
• The teacher OK'd our plan. tree →

note

Spelled OK, O.K. or okay — all correct; a lower-case «ok» is common in texts. «OK» is informal; in formal writing use «all right», «acceptable» or «yes». «OK» does not mean «excellent», only «good enough».

In the corpora

• A few quiet minutes, a hug, or a simple «Are you OK?» often help most.
• Listening at the door usually gives you only scary half-pieces; asking «Is everything OK?» later works much better.
• Most people think tiny kind lies are OK, but big lies that hurt people or hide important things are not.
• Later he tried skateboard tricks to impress her, fell off and scraped his knee, and Lily asked if he was OK.
• «Why is it OK for Dad?» Ollie asked.

Trees and pragmatics

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