all rightadjective [ after verb ], adverb
also not standard alright uk/ˌɔːl ˈraɪt/us/ˌɑːl ˈraɪt/all right adjective [ after verb ], adverb (GOOD/SATISFACTORY)
A1 (in a way that is) satisfactory or reasonably good:
B1 only just good enough:
not unpleasant or bad:
very good:
used to show that you think someone is lucky or has an easy life when the same is not true for you:
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- Do you still dislike your office, or do you think it's all right now?
- "It'll be all right," she said comfortingly.
- Are your roses doing all right this year?
- It's all right working with him, but living with him would be a different matter altogether.
- Would it be all right if I left my suitcase here for a few minutes?
- £50 per hour? It's all right for some.
- It's all right for people who can afford it.
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Quite good, or not very good
- acceptable
- adequate
- agreeable
- all very well idiom
- all very well/fine/good idiom
- cut
- fair
- half decent
- iffy
- impure
- indifferent
- kind
- pass
- patchy
- reasonable
- refined
- rose
- rough
- rough edges idiom
- satisfactory
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all right adjective [ after verb ], adverb (SAFE)
A2 safe, well, or not harmed:
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Safe and secure
- airworthy
- as safe as houses idiom
- bite
- copper-bottomed
- fail-safe
- firmly
- friendly
- immune
- in safe hands idiom
- innocent
- innocuous
- inoffensive
- inviolate
- ozone-friendly
- safety
- safety net
- sb/sth won't bite idiom
- seaworthy
- securely
- sheltered
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all right adjective [ after verb ], adverb (ABLE TO MANAGE)
able to manage:
used to refuse the offer of food or drink:
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Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- cut
- heat
- hold
- keep body and soul together idiom
- keep the wolf from the door idiom
- keep your head above water idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- live (from) hand to mouth idiom
- manage
- roll
- sink or swim idiom
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- take sth in your stride idiom
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all right adjective [ after verb ], adverb (AGREED)
A1 used to show that something is agreed, understood, or acceptable:
an answer to someone who has just thanked you for something or just said sorry for something they have done:
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Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance
- accha
- achha
- amen
- amen to that idiom
- as you wish/like idiom
- beggar
- couldn't agree/disagree more idiom
- course
- I know idiom
- I wouldn't say no idiom
- mind
- no problemo
- of course idiom
- okey-doke
- right
- take
- ten-four
- there you go idiom 1
- very
- you said it! idiom
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all right adjective [ after verb ], adverb (CERTAINLY)
certainly or without any doubt:
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Certainty
- (as) clear as day idiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
- and that's flat! idiom
- assured
- assuredly
- bet
- consider it done idiom
- cut and dried
- decided
- decidedly
- definite
- dispute
- doubt
- mistake
- natch
- pronounced
- proof positive
- seal
- set/put the seal on sth idiom
- shadow
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all rightexclamation
also alright uk/ˌɔːl ˈraɪt/us/ˌɑːl ˈraɪt/all right exclamation (GREETING)
UK informal used to greet someone at the same time as asking if they are well:
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Welcoming, greeting & greetings
- afternoon
- air kiss
- air kiss
- aloha
- bon voyage
- bye
- ciao
- five
- good afternoon
- good evening
- goodbye
- greeting
- pump sb's hand idiom
- receive
- salaam
- see/catch you later! idiom
- shake
- so long idiom
- stranger
- wotcha
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all right exclamation (APPROVAL)
slang said with the main emphasis on "right", expressing approval of what has been said or done:
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Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance
- accha
- achha
- amen
- amen to that idiom
- as you wish/like idiom
- beggar
- couldn't agree/disagree more idiom
- course
- I know idiom
- I wouldn't say no idiom
- mind
- no problemo
- of course idiom
- okey-doke
- right
- take
- ten-four
- there you go idiom 1
- very
- you said it! idiom
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