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# ok

«ok» in Mova's school dictionary: **All right; acceptable; good enough: «Is it OK if I sit…** — 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 and adverb (OK, okay); exclamation (OK!); verb (OK, OK's, OK'd, OK'ing — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) All right; acceptable; good enough: «Is it OK if I sit here?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#m1)

2) Well; not ill or hurt: «Are you OK?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#m2)

3) (exclamation) Yes, I agree: «OK, let's go!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#m3)

4) (verb, informal) To give permission: «Mum OK'd the trip». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: one of the commonest words in English; «Are you OK?» is a key safety and kindness question — if someone is not OK, tell a trusted adult. In wellbeing lessons: «It's OK to feel sad». In stories «OK» starts a decision. Phrases: «Is it OK if…?», «that's OK», «it's going to be OK», «OK?».

### examples

- Are you OK? You look sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#x1)
- Is it OK if I borrow your pencil? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#x2)
- OK, let's start the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#x3)
- The food was OK, but not great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#x4)
- It's OK to make mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#x5)
- Mum said it was OK for me to go to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#x6)
- The teacher OK'd our plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ok/#x7)

### note

Spelled OK, O.K. or okay — all correct; a lower-case «ok» is common in texts. «OK» is informal; in formal writing use «all right», «acceptable» or «yes». «OK» does not mean «excellent», only «good enough».

### In the corpora

- [A few quiet minutes, a hug, or a simple «Are you OK?» often help most.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/9/)
- [Listening at the door usually gives you only scary half-pieces; asking «Is everything OK?» later works much better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/10/)
- [Most people think tiny kind lies are OK, but big lies that hurt people or hide important things are not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/9/)
- [Later he tried skateboard tricks to impress her, fell off and scraped his knee, and Lily asked if he was OK.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily/13/)
- [«Why is it OK for Dad?» Ollie asked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/422-gta-6-what-rated-18-means/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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