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ok | normal |

As an interjection ok

is .

As a noun normal is

standard.

ok

English

Etymology 1

Of unclear origin. Wikipedia lists . it may be an abbreviation of a comical spelling of "all correct" as "orl korrect", such as first appeared in print in The Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839, as part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s.

Alternative forms

* , ok, okay

Noun

(en noun)
  • endorsement; approval
  • We can start as soon as we get the OK .
    Synonyms
    * (endorsement or approval) approval, endorsement, green light, thumbs up

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To approve.
  • I don't want to OK this amount of money.
  • (computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK .
  • * 2001 , Mike Collins, Pro Tools: Practical Recording, Editing and Mixing for Music Production
  • Type a suitable name for your Marker and OK the dialogue box.
  • * 2008 , Martin Evening, Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers
  • When you OK the crop, the image size will be adjusted to match the front image resolution.
    Synonyms
    * approve * greenlight

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • all right, permitted
  • Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?
  • satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional
  • The soup was OK , but the dessert was excellent.
  • in good health or a good emotional state
  • He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
    Synonyms
    * allowed, all right, permissible * (satisfactory) adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory * (in good health or a good emotional state) fine, well
    Antonyms
    * forbidden * (satisfactory) bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory * (in good health or a good emotional state) ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • satisfactorily, sufficiently well
  • The team did OK in the playoffs.
    Synonyms
    * (satisfactorily) adequately, satisfactorily
    Antonyms
    * (satisfactorily) badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily

    Interjection

  • Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
  • I promise to give it back.'' Reply: ''OK .
    Let's meet again this afternoon.'' Reply: ''OK .
    Shut up!'' Reply: ''OK''', '''OK .
  • An utterance expressing exasperation, similar to ""
  • OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!
  • Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
  • OK , I'm thinking of a number...
    Synonyms
    * PPsense, acknowledgement or acceptance}} okey-dokey, okeh, okey; ; all right * (sentence introduction) now, now then

    Derived terms

    (term derived from OK) * okay * okey-dokey * * 'kay * m'kay * A-OK * kthxbye

    References

    * How 'OK' took over the world, Allan Metcalf, BBC News Magazine (2011 February 18) * The ‘O’ Word, Roy Blount, Jr., The New York Times Sunday Book Review (2010 November 19) * OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word , Allan Metcalf, Oxford University Press (2010) * '>citation * Allen Read, the Expert of 'O.K.,' Dies at 96, Douglas Martin, The New York Times Obituaries (2002 October 18) * What does "OK" stand for?, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope (1985)

    See also

    * oll korrect * * *

    Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • a state of the United States of America.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    normal

    English

    (wikipedia normal)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • According to norms or rules.
  • Healthy; not sick or ill.
  • Pertaining to a school to teach teachers how to teach.
  • (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
  • (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
  • (physics) (Of a mode in an oscillating system ) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency; See .
  • (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
  • * The interior normal vector of a ideal perfect sphere will always point toward the center, and the exterior normal vector directly away, and both will always be co-linear with the ray whose' tip ends at the point of intersection, which is the intersection of all three sets of points.
  • (algebra) (Of a subgroup) whose cosets form a group.
  • (algebra) (Of a field extension of a field K) which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
  • (probability theory, statistics) (Of a distribution) which has a very specific bell curve shape.
  • (complex analysis) (Of a family of continuous functions) which is pre-compact.
  • (set theory) (Of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
  • (linear algebra) (Of a matrix) which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
  • (functional analysis) (Of a Hilbert space operator) which commutes with its adjoint.
  • (category theory) (Of an epimorphism) which is the cokernel of some morphism.
  • (category theory) (Of a monomorphism) which is the kernel of some morphism.
  • (category theory) (Of a morphism) which is a normal epimorphism or a normal monomorphism.
  • (category theory) (Of a category) in which every monomorphism is normal.
  • (Of a real number) whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution.
  • (topology) (Of a topology) in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
  • (rail transport, Of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
  • Synonyms

    * (usual) conventional, ordinary, standard, usual, regular, average, expected, natural * (healthy) hale, healthy, well * (perpendicular) at right angles to, perpendicular, orthogonal * (statistics) Gaussian

    Antonyms

    * (usual) unconventional, nonstandard, unusual * (healthy) ill, poorly (British), sick, unwell * (perpendicular) tangential * (rail transport) reverse

    Derived terms

    * abnormal * conormal * normalcy * normalise, normalize * normality * normally * normal school * normal vector * orthonormal * paranormal * subnormal * supernormal * ultranormal

    Usage notes

    * Warning: normal , when used to describe a majority group of people, can be considered offensive to those who don't consider membership of their own minority to be unusual. Care should be taken when juxtaposing normal, particularly with stereotypical labels, to avoid undue insult.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
  • (slang) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
  • Synonyms

    * (normal person) see