alright

alright

nonstandard for all right; often used in informal writing: I’m alright, thank you.

Not to be confused with:

all right – satisfactory; safe and sound: I’m feeling all right now.; expressing consent or assent: It is all right to leave the table.

all-right – acceptable: He’s an all-right kind of guy.

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al·right

 (ôl-rīt′)

adv. Nonstandard

All right. See Usage Note at all right.

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alright

(ɔːlˈraɪt)

adv, sentence substitute, adj

a variant spelling of all right

Usage: The form alright, though very common, is still considered by many people to be wrong or less acceptable than all right

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all` right′

adv.

1. yes; very well: All right, I'll go with you.

2. (used as an interrogative) do you agree?: We'll meet tomorrow, all right?

3. satisfactorily; acceptably: Her work is coming along all right.

4. without fail; certainly: You'll hear about this, all right!

adj.

5. safe; sound: Are you all right?

6. acceptable; passable: His performance was all right.

7. reliable; good: That fellow is all right.

[1100–50]

usage: See alright.

all′-right`

adj.

very good; excellent: an all-right guy.

[1815–25]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	alright - nonstandard usage satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"
Adv.	1.	alright - without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's expensive all right" all right
	2.	alright - an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence all right, fine, OK, very well
	3.	alright - 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') O.K., okay, all right colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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alright

see all right

Usage: The single-word form alright is still considered by many people to be wrong or less acceptable than all right. This is borne out by the data in the Bank of English, which suggests that the two-word form is about twenty times commoner than the alternative spelling.

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Translations

va bene

• Are you all right? (US)
  Are you alright? (UK) → هَلْ أَنْتَ عَلَى ما يُرام؟ → Jste v pořádku? → Er du okay? → Ist alles in Ordnung mit Ihnen? → Είστε καλά; → ¿Cómo se encuentra? → Oletteko kunnossa? → Ça va ? → Jeste li dobro? → Sta bene? → 大丈夫ですか？ → 괜찮으세요? → Gaat het? → Går det bra? → Czy wszystko w porządku? → O senhor está bem? → Вы в порядке? → Mår ni bra? → คุณไม่เป็นอะไรใช่ไหม? → İyi misiniz? → Anhcó sao không? → 你怎么样啊？

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