alert

[a·lert]

Alert! Alert! Alert! Did I get your attention? When you are alert, you are awake and ready. When you issue an alert you give warning, alerting people to, or notifying them of, a concern.

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Noun
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Noun
a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

Noun
condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"

Verb
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"

Adjective
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"

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Adjective S.
(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"

Adjective S.
not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"

Adjective S.
mentally responsive; "an alert mind"

a.
Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

a.
Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

n.
An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.

Alert

Ale"hoof` , n. [AS. hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, 38 ground ivy, 'bdin old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.'b8 [Prior]. Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).> A*lert" , a. [F. alerte, earlier '85 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.

Syn. -- Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt.

Alert

Ale"hoof` , n. [AS. hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, 38 ground ivy, 'bdin old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.'b8 [Prior]. Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).> 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.

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

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Usage Examples

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace.

So long as I can stay mentally alert - inquiring, curious - I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I don't want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. I'm just not ready to stop, to die.

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Other Usage Examples

Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.

Every time I think I have something under control, it changes and I don't have it under control. I think it takes several years to get there. Jade is 19 months old, so right now I'm on alert all the time. And as a mom I think you're constantly worrying about things.

Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots.