Dictionary Definition
alert adj
1 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" [ant: unalert]
2 mentally responsive; "an alert mind"
3 not unconscious; especially having become
conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert" [syn: awake(p)]
4 (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" [syn: alive(p), awake(p)]
Noun
1 condition of heightened watchfulness or
preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the
crisis" [syn: qui vive]
2 a warning serves to make you more alert to
danger [syn: alerting]
3 an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning
of danger [syn: alarm,
warning
signal, alarum] v :
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" [syn: alarm]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t
Translations
attentive
- Finnish: virkeä, pirteä
- Japanese: 機敏な (kibin na)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: وریا
- Maltese: attent, attenta
- Norwegian: oppmerksom, våken
- Portuguese: alerta
Noun
- An alarm.
- A notification.
Translations
an alarm
- Norwegian: alarm
a notification
- Norwegian: advarsel, varsel
Verb
- To give warning to.
Translations
to give warning to
- Norwegian: varsle
Dutch
Pronunciation
- on one's guard
Extensive Definition
Alert may refer to:
- A warning, such as "Red alert"
- An Alert state
- Alerts in the field of Information technology refers to the aggregation of reminders, notifications, etc.
- Alert dialog box, a type of dialog box used in graphical user interfaces
- Alert, Indiana, a community in the United States
- Alert, Nunavut, Canada, the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world
- The SS Alert, a steamship that sank off Victoria, Australia
- Air Land Emergency Resource Team
- ALERT (medical facility, Ethiopia), a training center for leprosy and tuberculosis
- Alert Records, a record label
alert in German: Alert
alert in French: Alerte
alert in Dutch: Alert
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Klaxon,
Mayday, SOS, active, admonish, advertent, advise, agile, agog, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock,
alarm signal, alarum,
alert for, alive, all
clear, all ears, all eyes, animated, apt, arouse, assiduous, attentive, awake, aware, beacon, blinking light, brainy, breathe, bright, brilliant, burglar alarm,
buzz, buzzer, cant, careful, caution, cautious, clear-sighted,
clear-witted, clearheaded, clever, concentrated, confide, confide to, conscious, crostarie, cry havoc, cry
wolf, decisive,
diligent, earnest, entrust with
information, equal to, expeditious, fiery cross,
finical, finicking, finicky, fire alarm, fire bell,
fire flag, five-minute gun, flashing light, fly storm warnings, fog
bell, fog signal, foghorn, forewarn, frighten, frisky, full of life, gale
warning, gay, give
confidential information, give fair warning, give notice, give
warning, heedful,
hooter, horn, hue and cry, hurricane
warning, immediate,
instant, instantaneous, intense, intent, intentive, issue an ultimatum,
keen, knowing, let in on, let next to,
lighthouse, lively, loaded for, lookout, mention privately,
mercurial, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, nimble, note of alarm, notify, observant, observing, occulting light, on
guard, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, on the
lookout, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, police whistle,
prepared for, prompt,
punctual, put hep, put
next to, qui vive, quick,
quick-witted, ready, ready
for, regardful,
sharp, signal, signal of distress,
siren, sleepless, small-craft
warning, smart, sound the
alarm, sound the tocsin, speedy, spirited, sprightly, spry, startle, still alarm, storm
cone, storm flag, storm warning, summary, swift, threaten, tip, tip off, tocsin, two-minute gun, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, up, up for, up to, upside-down flag,
utter a caveat, vigilant, vivacious, wakeful, warn, warn against, warning, wary, watchful, whisper, whistle, wide awake,
wide-awake