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alert::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | qui vive |
| Type of | preparation, preparedness, readiness |
| Has types | air alert, strip alert, red alert |
bombers were put on alert during the crisis.
alert::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | watchful |
| Derivation | alertness |
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.
alert::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alarm, alarum, warning signal |
| Type of | signaling, sign, signal |
| Has types | burglar alarm, red flag, siren, tocsin, fire alarm, foghorn, fogsignal, horn, air alert, alarm bell, torpedo |
Examples of alert
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After first playing down the threat, officials in Germany are now at full alert.
From the abcnews.go.com
The wealth of safety systems made the omission of a blind-spot alert surprising.
From the freep.com
He put security on high alert Sunday and began operations to seek the attackers.
From the edition.cnn.com
The alert, they'll probably put themselves on alert, but I just want to be sure.
From the theatlantic.com
Alert is mainly home to military and meteorological personnel and installations.
From the cnn.com
You alert the principal, Mr. Lay, to the shenanigans going on in the schoolyard.
From the businessweek.com
We were continuously on alert for indirect fire of enemy rocket and mortar fire.
From the news-journalonline.com
While he was wheeled off he was alert, moved his right arm and was seen talking.
From the chron.com
Not that we should spy on our neighbor but be alert when something is not right.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Alarm: 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"
- Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
- Engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "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"
- A warning serves to make you more alert to danger
- Quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
- Alarm: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- STAR is an interbank network and EFTPOS network in the United States. It is the largest American interbank network, with 250,000 ATMs , 134 million cardholders and over 5,700 participating financial institutions. ...
- Alertness is the state of paying close and continuous attention, being watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency, or being quick to perceive and act. It is related to psychology as well as to physiology. ...
- (Alerts) Alert is a colloquial term used to define a machine-to-person communication that is important and/or time sensitive. An alert contains user-requested content such as a reminder (important), a notification (urgent), and ultimately an alert (important and urgent). ...
