is ok the abreveation of somthing?

Answer 1

ok or o.k. is the abbreviation of okay..ok could also be the abreviation for oklahoma..

Answer 2

Actually, there are many differing views on where OK or okay or ok came from. Check the Wikipedia article for the full deal, but here is a shortie:

Choctaw Language: there is a word "okeh" with the same meaning and pronunciation.

"Oll Korrekt": believed the word to be short for any of several different spellings of "all correct", including "Oll Korrect", "Orl Korrect", and "Ole Kurreck". There was a fad in the 1830s and 1840s involving the intentional misspelling of common phrases, and referring to them by the resulting initials.

Greek Language: "O.K." is the abbreviation (spelled correctly) of the Greek expression, Ola Kala (Ολα Καλά, ΟΚ) It is a standard expression in Greece that simply means: "Everything's fine".

African Origins: Another plausible etymology for "okay" is the suggestion that the expression may have entered North America along with African slaves many of whom arrived speaking one or more of several west African languages in which [oke] ("okay" or something close to it) was already part of the vocabulary, with a semantic scope quite close to that of "okay" in contemporary English.

And so it goes, on and on . . . initials of famous and not so famous people, French fishermen, 14th century Oak Wood -- sheesh, who knows?? Okay? OKAY!!

Answer 3

OK1 or o·kay Audio pronunciation of "ok" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (-k) Informal
n. pl. OK's or o·kays

Approval; agreement: Get your supervisor's OK before taking a day off.


adj.

1. Agreeable; acceptable: Was everything OK with your stay?
2. Satisfactory; good: an OK fellow.
3. Not excellent and not poor; mediocre: made an OK presentation.
4. In proper or satisfactory operational or working order: Is the battery OK?
5. Correct: That answer is OK.
6. Uninjured; safe: The skier fell but was OK.
7. Fairly healthy; well: Thanks to the medicine, the patient was OK.


adv.

1. Used to express approval or agreement.
2. Fine; well enough; adequately: a television that works OK despite its age.


tr.v. OK'ed, or OK'd or o·kayed OK'·ing, or o·kay·ing OK's or o·kays

To approve of or agree to; authorize.

Answer 4

okay