all right
/'ɔ:l'rait/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Satisfactory, acceptable, or adequate: Used to describe something that meets a basic standard or is acceptable in quality or condition.
- Safe, unharmed, or in good health: Used to describe a person's or thing's state, indicating no problems or injuries.
Adverb:
- In a satisfactory or adequate manner: Indicates that an action was performed to an acceptable standard.
- Without doubt, certainly: Used to emphasize or confirm a preceding statement.
- As an expression of agreement or assent: Used to indicate "yes," consent, or that something is acceptable.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The food was all right, but nothing special. (The quality of the food was acceptable.)
- Are you feeling all right? You look pale. (Are you feeling well/unharmed?)
- The car seems all right after the minor accident. (The car's condition is satisfactory.)
Adverb:
- She managed the project all right on her own. (She managed it in an adequate/satisfactory way.)
- It's cold outside, all right. (This confirms and emphasizes that it is indeed cold.)
- "Can I borrow your pen?" "All right." (This expresses agreement or permission.)
Advanced Usage
"It'll be all right": A common phrase used to offer reassurance that a situation will turn out acceptably or well.
- Don't worry about the test; it'll be all right.
As a discourse marker: Used to signal a transition, acceptance of a situation, or to check for understanding/agreement.
- All right, let's move on to the next topic.
- We're meeting at six, all right?
Variants and Related Words
- Alright: A common, but often considered nonstandard, spelling variant of "all right." Its acceptability varies in formal writing.
- Okay / OK: Very close synonyms in most contexts for the adjective and adverb forms meaning "satisfactory" or "as an expression of agreement."
Synonyms
- Adjective: Satisfactory, acceptable, fine, okay, adequate, safe, unhurt.
- Adverb: Satisfactorily, adequately, well enough, certainly, indeed, yes.
Related Phrases
All right by/with someone: Acceptable or agreeable to someone.
- If it's all right with you, I'll leave early.
All right already!: An exclamation expressing impatience or a desire for someone to stop.
- All right already! I heard you the first time.
Idioms
It's all right for some: A comment, often ironic, that something is good or easy for a particular person or group but not for others.
- They get a month's vacation? It's all right for some!
Turn out all right: To end satisfactorily or successfully despite difficulties.
- I was worried, but everything turned out all right in the end.
Adjective
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- an all-right movie
- the passengers were shaken up but are all right
- is everything all right?
- everything's fine
- things are okay
- dinner and the movies had been fine
- another minute I'd have been fine
Adverb
- in a satisfactory or adequate manner; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')
- she'll do okay on her own
- held up all right under pressure
- without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)
- it's expensive all right
- an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence