all right

== English == === Alternative forms === alright (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) allright (misspelling) === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/, enPR: ôl'rīt' (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˌaː(l)ˈɹiːt/ (General American) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophone: alright === Adjective === all right (not comparable) Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition. In good health, unharmed. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:all right. ==== Usage notes ==== The comparative form "more all right" is used, but rarely. An example would be where another speaker had used the phrase "all right" and repeating it and extending it enhanced the continuity of the conversation. I didn't feel all right earlier today, so I took a power-nap. Now I feel even more all right than I normally do. ==== Derived terms ==== it'll be all right on the night you're all right ==== Descendants ==== Jamaican Creole: irie→ Bajan: irie→ English: irie Tok Pisin: orait ⇒ Yiddish: אָלרײַטניק (olraytnik) ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === all right (not comparable) Fairly well. (informal) Most certainly; for sure. ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === all right Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent. Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement. Used to fill space or pauses. Used as a general lead-in or beginning. Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already. (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello. ==== Usage notes ==== All right can also be used in the literal sense of "everything correct": He answered the questions quickly, and he got them all right. The inflection and emphasis may vary depending upon what meaning is intended (compare the two US audio pronunciations). The spelling alright (by analogy with "already", "altogether", etc.) is nonstandard but in widespread use (as of 29 May 2012, having 209,000,000 hits on Google in comparison to 320,000,000 for "all right", although some of the hits for "all right" will be in the sense of "all correct" described in the note above). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Tok Pisin: orait ==== Translations ==== === See also === all-right OK, okay === References === “do all right”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. == Chinese == === Alternative forms === alright === Etymology === From Japanese オーライ (ōrai), from English all right. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === all right (Taiwan, rail transport) Used in the point and call system to declare a lack of problems. 閉塞，all right／闭塞，all right ― bìsài, all right ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) == Norwegian == === Alternative forms === ålreit === Etymology === Borrowed from English all right. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oːɽræjt/ Rhymes: -æjt === Adjective === all right all right