okay

/ˌəˈkæɪ/ · noun

Meaning

Endorsement; approval.
To approve.
To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
All right, permitted.
Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
In good health or a good emotional state.
Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.

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