alright

CEFRA2

/ɔːlˈɹaɪt/

adjective · interjection

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In plain English

01
adjective
Acceptable, satisfactory, or safe.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.

Examples

Would it be alright to come to visit your place soon?
Alright! Listen up and listen well!

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 4
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

[ˈɒː(ɫ)ɹɪt]
[ɒː(ɫ)ˈɹəi̯t]

Deep Dive

interjection

Extra meanings

An expression of happiness.
A generic greeting; hello; how are you.

More examples

In context

Where ever I go, both to and fro You have my heart alright.
Alright! I passed my exam!
You did alright in your day, I reckon— But that day's gone now.

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Citations

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[I]f I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a wedding cake standing up miles off my head […]
1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 18]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC
You did alright in your day, I reckon— But that day's gone now.
1932, Langston Hughes, Goodbye, Christ
Bladyughfoulmoecklenburgwhurawhorascortastrumpapornanennykocksapastippatappatupperstrippuckputtanach, eh? You have it alright.
1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part I, page 40
"You're alright Johnny," she said in a way that actually made him feel alright. At least for a little while.
2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, page 105

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Origin

adjective

English right univ. English alright Univerbation of all + right. Compare Old English eallriht (“all-right, just, exactly”) (from eall + riht), equivalent to al- (“all”) + right.