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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
okay
an endorsement
- they gave us the O.K. to go ahead
• Syn:
O.K., OK, okey, okeh
• Derivationally related forms:
O.K. (for: OK), O.K. (for: O.K.)
• Hypernyms:
sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur
give sanction to
- I approve of his educational policies
• Syn:
approve, O.K., sanction
• Ant:
disapprove (for: approve)
• Derivationally related forms:
sanction (for: sanction), OK (for: O.K.), approbative (for: approve), approbation (for: approve), approver (for: approve), approval (for: approve), O.K. (for: O.K.)
• Hypernyms:
authorize, authorise, pass, clear
• Hyponyms:
sanction, visa, back, endorse, indorse,
plump for, plunk for, support, confirm
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
all right, fine, o.k., ok, hunky-dory
• Similar to:
satisfactory
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
in a satisfactory or adequate manner
- she'll do okay on her own
- held up all right under pressure
('alright' is a nonstandard variant of 'all right')
• Syn:
O.K., all right, alright
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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