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Endorsement; approval.

Example: We can start as soon as we get the OK.

To approve.

Example: I don't want to OK this amount of money.

To confirm by activating a button marked OK.

All right, permitted.

Example: Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?

Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.

Example: The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.

In good health or a good emotional state.

Example: He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.

Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.

Example: The team did OK in the playoffs.

Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

Example: I promise to give it back. – OK.

Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.

Example: OK, I'm thinking of a number…

Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.

Example: You always do this to me! When we were at your mother’s, you said that… – OK, OK, …