alright

== English == === Alternative forms === aight (African-American Vernacular, MLE) alreet (Northumbria) alrite (informal) awright, oright, o-rite, orite (pronunciation spelling) === Etymology === Univerbation of all +‎ right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall +‎ riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) +‎ right. === Pronunciation === (General American) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɔlˈɹaɪt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑlˈɹaɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɔːlˈɹaɪt/, enPR: ôl'rīt' (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˌɑːˈɹiːt/ (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔːˈɹaɪt/, /ɒˈɹaɪt/, /əˈɹaɪt/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ɒːlˈɹʌɪt/ (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [ɒː(ɫ)ˈɹəi̯t], [ə(ɫ)ˈɹiːt], [ˈɒː(ɫ)ɹɪt], [-ʔ] (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɔl ˈraɪʈ/, /əlˈraɪʈ/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophone: all right === Adjective === alright (not comparable) (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order. Synonyms: acceptable, adequate, fine; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory 1662 : Cantus, songs and fancies, to three, four, or five parts, both apt for voices and viols : with a brief introduction to musick, as is taught by Thomas Davidson, in the Musick-School of Aberdene by Thomas Davidson, iii. sig. B/1 Where ever I go, both to and fro You have my heart alright. ==== Derived terms ==== bit of alright you're alright === Adverb === alright (not comparable) (sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of all right. === Interjection === alright (informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK. (UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hello ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (greeting): alright me babber, alright me lover ==== Translations ==== === Usage notes === Some distinguish between alright and all right by using alright to mean "fine, good, okay" and all right to mean "all correct". Alternatively (or in addition to the previous), Alright may be used as an interjection akin to "OK", while all right is used in the sense of "unharmed, healthy". The contracted term is considered nonstandard by Garner's Modern American Usage and American Heritage Dictionary. Indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary notes that although analogous forms exist in words such as already, altogether and always (and, indeed, although), "the contracted form is strongly criticized in the vast majority of usage guides, but without cogent reasons". The Oxford Dictionaries also conclude that "alright remains nonstandard" and that it is "still regarded as being unacceptable in formal writing". Other dictionaries and style manuals also consider it incorrect or less correct than all right. === Descendants === → Afrikaans: ôraait → Dutch: olrijt → Malay: orait → Norwegian: ålreit === References ===