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Alert Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Alert?
[n] an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
[n] a warning serves to make you more alert to danger [n] condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" [adj] not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert" [adj] very attentive or observant; "an alert and responsive baby is a joy"; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" [adj] (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" [adj] mentally responsive; "an alert mind" [v] warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" Synonyms | Synonyms for Alert: alarm | alarm | alarum | alerting | alive(p) | argus-eyed | aware(p) | conscious | fly | heads-up | intelligent | lidless | on the alert(p) | on the job(p) | open-eyed | perched | perked | perked up | qui vive | sleepless | vigilant | wakeful | warning signal | watchful | wide-awake Related Terms | Find terms related to Alert: active | admonish | advertent | advise | agile | agog | air-raid alarm | alarm | alarm bell | alarm clock | alarm signal | alarum | alert for | alive | all clear | all ears | all eyes | animated | apt | arouse | assiduous | attentive | awake | aware | beacon | blinking light | brainy | breathe | bright | brilliant | burglar alarm | buzz | buzzer | cant | careful | caution | cautious | clearheaded | clear-sighted | clear-witted | clever | concentrated | confide | confide to | conscious | crostarie | cry havoc | cry wolf | decisive | diligent | earnest | entrust with information | equal to | expeditious | fiery cross | finical | finicking | finicky | fire alarm | fire bell | fire flag | five-minute gun | flashing light | fly storm warnings | fog bell | fog signal | foghorn | forewarn | frighten | frisky | full of life | gale warning | gay | give confidential information | give fair warning | give notice | give warning | heedful | hooter | horn | hue and cry | hurricane warning | immediate | instant | instantaneous | intense | intent | intentive | issue an ultimatum | keen | Klaxon | knowing | let in on | let next to | lighthouse | lively | loaded for | lookout | Mayday | mention privately | mercurial | meticulous | mindful | nice | niggling | nimble | note of alarm | notify | observant | observing | occulting light | on guard | on the | on the alert | on the ball | on the job | on the lookout | open-eared | open-eyed | openmouthed | police whistle | prepared for | prompt | punctual | put hep | put next to | qui vive | quick | quick-witted | ready | ready for | regardful | sharp | signal | signal of distress | siren | sleepless | small-craft warning | smart | SOS | sound the alarm | sound the tocsin | speedy | spirited | sprightly | spry | startle | still alarm | storm cone | storm flag | storm warning | summary | swift | threaten | tip | tip off | tocsin | two-minute gun | unblinking | unnodding | unsleeping | unwinking | up | up for | up to | upside-down flag | utter a caveat | vigilant | vivacious | wakeful | warn | warn against | warning | wary | watchful | whisper | whistle | wide awake | wide-awake See Also | alarm bell | awake(p) | burglar alarm | fire alarm | foghorn | fogsignal | horn | lively | preparation | preparedness | readiness | red alert | red flag | sign | signal | signaling | siren | tocsin | wake | warn | warning | wary Alert In Webster's Dictionary \A*lert"\ ([.a]*l[~e]rt"), a. [F. alerte, earlier [`a]
l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop.
(standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a
declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to
erect, raise, L. erigere. See {Erect}.]
1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
An alert young fellow. --Addison.
Syn: Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt.
\A*lert"\, n. (Mil.) An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. ``We have had an alert.'' --Farrow. {On the alert}, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act. |
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