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As an adjective, OK means adequate, acceptable (this is OK to send out), mediocre often in contrast to goo (the food was OK); it also functions as an adverbШУУД ҮЗЭХ  OK means
OK (also spelled okay, ok, or O.K.) is a word denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, or acknowledgment. OK, as an adjective, can also express acknowledgment without approval. OK has frequently turned up as a loanword in many other languages. As an adjective, OK means adequate, acceptable (this is OK to send out), mediocre often in contrast to goo (the food was OK); it also functions as an adverb in this sense. As an interjection, it can denote compliance (OK, I will do that), or agreement (OK, that's good). As a verb and noun it means assentThe boss OKed the purchase, and, The boss gave his OK to the purchase.) As a versatile discourse marker (or back-channeling item), it can also be used with appropriate voice tone to show doubt or to seek confirmation (OK? orIs that OK?).Numerous explanations for the origin of the expression have been suggested, but only few have been discussed seriously by linguists. The following proposals have found mainstream recognition. The scholarly consensus, based on Allen Walker Read, identifies the earliest known use of O.K. in print as 1839, in the March 23 edition of the Boston Morning Post (an American newspaper). The announcement of a trip by the Anti-Bell-Ringing Society (a frolicsome group according to Read) received attention from the Boston papers. Charles Gordon Greene wrote about the event using the line that is widely regarded as the first instance of this strain of OK, complete with gloss: The above is from the Providence Journal, the editor of which is a little too quick on the trigger, on this occasion. We said not a word about our deputation passing through the city of Providence.—We said our brethren were going to New York in the Richmond, and they did go, as per Post of Thursday. The "Chairman of the Committee on Charity Lecture Bells," is one of the deputation, and perhaps if he should return to Boston, via Providence, he of the Journal, and his train-band, would have his contribution box, et ceteras, o.k.—all correct—and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward.