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okay

US /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/

interjection, adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

an endorsement

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Is it okay if I leave early today to visit the dentist?

Synonyms

  • acceptableworthy of acceptance or satisfactory
  • satisfactorygiving satisfaction
  • finemoney extracted as a penalty

Collocations

  • Easy are you okay
    to are you okay, meaning to have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • Medium management gave the okay to proceed
    describing management gave the okay to proceed (the act of managing something)
  • Hard await formal regulatory okay before launch
    to await formal regulatory okay before launch, meaning to look forward to the probable occurrence of
  • Very Hard rubber-stamp okay without proper due diligence
    a collocation phrase: rubber-stamp okay without proper due diligence

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