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Definition of alert



Overview of noun alert

The noun alert has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. alert, qui vive

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

2. alert, alerting

(a warning serves to make you more alert to danger)

3. alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum

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


Overview of verb alert

The verb alert has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (9) alarm, alert

(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")


Overview of adj alert

The adj alert has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) alert, watchful

(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")

2. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy

(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")

3. alert, alive, awake

(mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "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")