A-OK

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A-OK also A-O·kay (

-k

)

adj. Informal

Perfectly all right: The doctor told me that it was A-OK to discontinue the medicine.

A-OK adv. & n.

A-OK, A-okay

adj

Informal chiefly US in perfect working order; excellent

[from a(ll systems) OK]

A-OK - Astronauts on the Mercury Project in 1961 popularized A-OK, meaning "excellent, perfect"; it was coined by blending the adjective "A," as in A-one or A1, meaning "first-class," with "OK."

See also related terms for perfect.

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Adj.

a-ok - in perfect condition or order

a-okay

go - functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go"

Translations

A-OK, A-okay

adj adv (esp US inf) → klasse (inf), → prima (inf)

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