OKとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Origin disputed. Wikipedia lists many possible etymologies, of which the most widely accepted is that it is an abbreviation of oll/orl korrect, a comical spelling of all correct, which 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. The expression became popular through its use in the presidential campaign of Martin Van Buren in 1840, who was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and then slowly acquired other meanings.

The Choctaw word oke, okeh (“it is so”), common in Choctaw translations of the Bible, could also explain OK's variety of affirmative definitions. Additionally, okeh was the most common etymology of okay in dictionaries until the 1960s, and linguistically predates Boston's O.K.. However, this theory suffers from the fact that the Choctaw language was relatively obscure and generally spoken (sometimes in a pidgin form) mainly with African-American slaves.

別の表記

• O.K., o.k., ok, okay, O. K., o. k., okeh, okey, okie

名詞

OK (複数形 OKs または OK's)

1. Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.

   We can start as soon as we get the OK.

同意語

• (endorsement または approval): approval, endorsement, green light, go-ahead, nod, thumbs up

反意語

• NG

動詞

OK (三人称単数 現在形 OKs または OK's, 現在分詞 OKing または OK'ing, 過去形および過去分詞形 OKed または OK'd)

1. (transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

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

2. (transitive, 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.

同意語

• approve
• greenlight

形容詞

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

1. All right, acceptable, permitted.

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

2. Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.

   The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.

   • 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], part second, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:

     One of us must marry well. Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't yet, so I shall, and make everything okay all round.

3. Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
   • 2012, Roni Jay, The 10 Most Important Things You Can Do For Your Children:

     If you leave the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they are OK with that, then it's fine.

4. In good health or a good emotional state.

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

同意語

• (all right, permissible): allowed, all right, permissible
• (satisfactory): adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory
• (in good health または a good emotional state): fine, well

反意語

• (all right, permissible): forbidden
• (satisfactory): NG, bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
• (in good health または a good emotional state): ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell

副詞

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

1. Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.

   The team did OK in the playoffs.

同意語

• (satisfactorily): adequately, satisfactorily

反意語

• (satisfactorily): NG, badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily

間投詞

OK

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

   Synonyms: okey-dokey, okeh, okey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, all right

   I promise to give it back. – OK.

   Let's meet again this afternoon. – OK.

   Shut up! – OK, OK.

   OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Come by this afternoon. — Okay.

2. (computing) Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
3. Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.

   Synonyms: now, now then

   OK, I'm thinking of a number…

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

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

派生語

• A-okay

派生語

派生した語

参考

• oll korrect
• ��
• Wikipedia article on "okay"
• Wikipedia article on the "OK" hand gesture
• Wikipedia article on "A-OK" and the hand gesture

参照

• 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)
• Jim Fay (16 September 2009), “The Choctaw Expression "Okeh" and the Americanism "Okay"”, in Illinoisprairie.info‎^[1], archived from the original on 2010-12-24.
• 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)
• “OK”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

固有名詞

OK

1. United States postal abbreviation for Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.

別の表記

• (Oklahoma): OK., Ok., Ok

同意語

• (Oklahoma): Oklahoma, Okla, Okla.

語源 3

Possibly a shortening of Chinese 卡拉OK. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

名詞

OK (複数形 not attested)

1. (Hong Kong) Karaoke.

参照

• Patrick J. Cummings, Hans-Georg Wolf (2011) A Dictionary of Hong Kong English: Words from the Fragrant Harbor, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 126

アナグラム

• KO, Ko, ko

アナグラム

• KO, Ko, ko

語源 1

Abbreviated fanciful spelling of "all correct" (oll korrect), as part of a fad for similar comical abbreviations (of which no others have survived) in the United States in the late 1830s.

別の表記

• O.K., okay, okey-dokey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK

名詞

OK (複数形 OKs)

1. endorsement; approval

   We can start as soon as we get the OK.

同意語

• approval, endorsement, green light, thumbs up

動詞

to OK (三人称単数 現在形 OKs, 現在分詞 OKing, 過去形および過去分詞形 OKed)

1. To approve.

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

2. (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.

形容詞

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

1. all right, permitted

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

2. satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional

   The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.

3. in good health or a good emotional state

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

同意語

• (all right, permissible): allowed, all right, permissible
• (satisfactory): adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory
• (in good health または a good emotional state): fine, well

反意語

• (all right, permissible): forbidden
• (satisfactory): bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
• (in good health または a good emotional state): ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell

副詞

OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)

1. satisfactorily, sufficiently well

   The team did OK in the playoffs.

同意語

• (satisfactorily): adequately, satisfactorily

反意語

• (satisfactorily): badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily

間投詞

OK

1. Used to indicate agreement or acceptance.
2. An utterance expressing exasperation, similar to "all right!"

   OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!

3. 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...

同意語

• all right
• (sentence introduction): now, now then

派生語

• okay
• okey-dokey
• k
• 'kay
• m'kay
• A-OK
• kthxbye

参照

• The Straight Dope's article on the etymology of "OK"

参考

• Wikipedia article on "okay"
• Wikipedia article on the "OK" hand gesture
• Wikipedia article on "A-OK" and the hand gesture

固有名詞

OK

1. Acronym of Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.

アナグラム

• ko, , KO