English Explanatory Dictionary

alert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Attentive; awake; on guard.
  2. brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
noun
  1. An alarm.
  2. A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
  3. A state of readiness for potential combat.
  4. Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
verb
  1. To give warning to.
name
  1. A community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.
  2. An alternative name for Alharod, a village in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
  3. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States.

Pronunciation

/əˈlɜːt/ ə-lûrtʹ /əˈlɝt/ en-us-alert.ogg

Word forms

alert more alert most alert alerts alerting alerted

Etymology

From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

Synonyms

wakeful bell

Derived words

A&O assessment alert and oriented assessment alert and oriented alertless alertly alertness hyperalert overalert superalert unalert alert fatigue alert five amber alert drink alert e-alert margin alert medical alert jewelry on alert on the alert red alert silver alert spew alert spoiler alert alertable
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