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ok | ordinary |

As nouns the difference between ok and ordinary

is that ok is endorsement; approval while ordinary is a devotional manual.

As adjectives the difference between ok and ordinary

is that ok is all right, permitted while ordinary is having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.

As a verb OK

is to approve.

As an adverb OK

is satisfactorily, sufficiently well.

As an interjection OK

is used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

As a proper noun OK

is acronym of Oklahoma,|lang=en a state of the United States of America.

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

    * ----

    ordinary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases .
  • Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
  • :
  • * (Joseph Addison), 1741, The Works of the Late Honourable Joseph Addison, E?q. , Volume 3, page 545,
  • *:Method is not le?s requi?ite in ordinary conver?ation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make him?elf under?tood.
  • Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory .
  • :
  • :
  • *, "Samuel Johnson," in 1871, Lady Trevelyan (Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan, editor), The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete , Volume 7, page 325,
  • *:An ordinary' lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way: but much that was dull to ' ordinary lads was interesting to Samuel.
  • *
  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
  • Bad or undesirable.
  • *1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats'', ''The Age'', republished 2003, David Headon (editor), ''The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection , page 480,
  • *:It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed.
  • *1961', Joanna White, quoted in '''2005 , A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, ''Ten Pound Poms: Australia?s Invisible Migrants , page 80,
  • *:For myself, I loved adventure and travelling. I?d already done quite a bit of travelling in Europe and — couldn?t get enough of it and whilst my marriage, at that stage, was very happy, he was very entrenched as a Londoner, Cockney, absolutely Cockney Londoner, and I could see that our future was pretty ordinary and so my hidden agenda I suppose was to drag him out to Australia and hope that both our lifestyles would improve and there would be new opportunities.
  • *2007 , Chris Viner-Smith, Australia?s Forgotten Frontier: The Unsung Police Who Held Our PNG Front Line , page 28,
  • *:Everyone started making suggestions as to what to do but they were all pretty ordinary ideas such as lighting a fire and hope someone would see the smoke and come to rescue us and so on.
  • *2010 , Mal Bryce, Australia's First Online Community Ipswich Queensland , page 125,
  • *:Since the general public gained access to the Internet in 1993-4, firstly by narrowband dial-up access and since 1998 by very ordinary , so-called broadband speeds (generally less than 1 Mbps), a social and cultural revolution has been underway.

    • Antonyms

    * (having no special characteristics) extraordinary, special

    Derived terms

    * ordinarily, ordinariness * ordinary differential equation, ordinary number, ordinary seaman

    Noun

    (ordinaries)
  • (obsolete) A devotional manual.
  • (Christianity) A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.
  • A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
  • (obsolete) A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment.
  • A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.
  • *, II.2.4, 1847, page 315,
    • We are most part too inquisitive and apt to hearken after news, which Cæsar, in his Commentaries, observes of the old Gauls, they would be inquiring of every carrier and passenger what they had heard or seen, what news abroad?as at an ordinary with us, bakehouse, or barber's shop.
  • * 1712 , (Jonathan Swift), A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'', ''The Works of Jonathan Swift , Volume 2, page 288,
    • Thus furnished, they come up to town, reckon all their errors for accomplishments, borrow the newest set of phrases ; and if they take a pen into their hands, all the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary , are produced as flowers of style.
  • * (rfdate) Bancroft, 1899, Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl (editors), The Universal Anthology , page 320,
    • He enjoyed a perpetual port duty of fourteen pence a ton, on vessels not owned in the province, yielding not far from five thousand dollars a year; and he exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries .
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p.1,
    • it hath been usual with the honest and well-meaning host to provide a bill of fare which all persons may peruse at their first entrance into the house; and having thence acquainted themselves with the entertainment which they may expect, may either stay and regale with what is provided for them, or may depart to some other ordinary better accommodated to their taste.
  • (heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
  • An ordinary thing or person; the mass; the common run.
  • * 1622 , (William Shakespeare), As You Like It'', Act 3, Scene 5, 1800, ''The Plays of William Shakspeare , Volume 8, page 287,
    • I ?ee no more in you than in the ordinary / Of nature's ?alework.
  • * (Francis Bacon), quoted in 1773, (Samuel Johnson), A Dictionnary of the English Language , unnumbered page,
    • Spain had no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary ; now they have coupled therewith the extraordinary of the Valtoline and Palatinate.
  • * (rfdate) Walter Scott
    • water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plough socks, and other ordinaries
  • (historical) A penny-farthing bicycle.

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