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alert
/əˈlɝt/
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What does alert mean?
adjective
- Attentive; awake; on guard.
noun
- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
More meanings (7)
noun
- A state of readiness for potential combat.
- Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
verb
- To give warning to.
proper noun
- A community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.
- An alternative name for Alharod, a village in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States.
adjective
- (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈlɝt/
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My horse was not above medium size, but he was alert, slender-limbed, muscled with watchsprings, and just a greyhound to go.
I wish for an America no less alert in guarding against dangers from within than it is watchful against enemies from without.
More book examples (3)
"O yes, sir," said he, "those old times of the Pilgrim and Alert and California, that we read about, are gone by."
There remains the entrance into the cell, a puzzle that has kept me on the alert for a quarter of a century.
The ship was shaken by heavy bumps, and we were on the alert to see that no dogs had fallen into cracks.