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A-OK

A-OK is the alternative spelling of A-okay.

Meaning of A-okay

Adjective

A-okay (comparative more A-okay, superlative most A-okay)

  1. (colloquial) In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable.
    • A-OK for tomorrow's missile demands.1952, advertisement by Midvac Steels. "The Golden Age of Advertising - the 50s", p. 57, Ed. Jim Heimann, Taschen 2005.
    Synonyms:
    okay

Forms of A-OK

comparativemore A-OK
superlativemost A-OK

Questions about A-OK

What is A-OK the alternative spelling of?
A-OK is the alternative spelling of A-okay.

Words near A-OK in the dictionary

  1. a-mornings
  2. a-mothering
  3. A-movement
  4. A-movements
  5. a-nightertime
  6. A-OK
  7. a-okay
  8. A-per-se
  9. A-pillar
  10. A-pillars
  11. a-plenty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: A-OK (page history and authors); A-okay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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