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# alright

«alright» in Mova's school dictionary: **Fine, safe, not hurt or not ill** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, adverb, interjection (alright); another spelling of "all right"

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fine, safe, not hurt or not ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#m1)

2) Good enough, acceptable, OK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#m2)

3) Used to agree: yes, OK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#m3)

4) (UK, informal greeting) "Alright?" means hello, how are you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in everyday talk and stories: Are you alright? It's alright. Alright, let's go. In the UK and Ireland "Alright?" or "Alright, mate?" is a greeting. Phrases: are you alright, it'll be alright, alright then.

### examples

- Are you alright? You look pale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#x1)
- The film was alright, but not great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#x2)
- "Can we go now?" "Alright." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#x3)
- Don't cry, it'll be alright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#x4)
- Alright, mate? (UK greeting) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#x5)
- Is it alright if I sit here? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/#x6)

### note

Many teachers and exams prefer the two-word spelling "all right"; "alright" is common but seen as informal. Same meaning as OK. As a greeting in the UK, the reply is often just "Alright" or "Yeah, you?"

### In the corpora

- [Sam just says «Alright, Tank» and walks on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you/23/)
- [That's alright.» You can do everything right and an animal still never comes round.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/10/)
- [«It's alright to feel left out, love,» says her mum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/464-growing-apart/21/)
- [«He's actually alright, y'know,» says Kieran, chewing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/473-the-ball-over-the-fence-and-the-grumpy-old-man-next-door/12/)
- [«I live in a home, it's alright,» is enough.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alright» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.