| ADJECTIVE | all | alert, watchful | engaged in or accustomed to close observation |
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| all | alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy | quick and energetic | |
| all | alert, alive, awake | mentally perceptive and responsive | |
| VERB | communication | alert, alarm | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
| NOUN | state | alert, qui vive | condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation / preparation for action |
| communication | alert, alerting | a warning serves to make you more alert to danger | |
| communication | alert, alarm, warning signal, alarum | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
| Sounds | ahler't | |
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| Rhymes | Albert ... yogurt: 70 rhymes with ert... | |
| Meaning | Engaged in or accustomed to close observation. | |
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| Synonym | watchful | |
| Narrower | argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful | Carefully observant or attentive |
| fly | (British informal) not to be deceived / deceived or hoodwinked | |
| heads-up, wide-awake | fully alert and watchful | |
| lidless, sleepless | Always watchful | |
| See also | awake | not in a state of sleep |
| lively | full of life and energy | |
| wary | marked by keen caution and watchful prudence | |
| Opposite | unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant | not alert to what is potentially dangerous |
| Spanish | alerta | |
| Catalan | alerta | |
| Nouns | alert | condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation / preparation for action |
| alertness | lively attentiveness | |
| Meaning | Quick and energetic. | |
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| Synonyms | brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy | |
| Broader | energetic | possessing or exerting or displaying energy |
| Spanish | enérgico, vigoroso, vivaz | |
| Catalan | enèrgic, vigorós, vivaç | |
| Meaning | mentally perceptive and responsive. | |
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| Synonyms | alive, awake | |
| Broader | aware, cognizant, cognisant | (sometimes followed by 'of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception |
| Spanish | despierto | |
| Nouns | alertness | the process of paying close and continuous attention |
| Adverbs | alertly | in mentally perceptive and responsive way |
| Meaning | condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation / preparation for action. | |
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| Example | "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" | |
| Synonym | qui vive | |
| Narrower | air alert | The condition in which combat aircraft are airborne and ready for an operation |
| red alert | The highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy / enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger) | |
| strip alert | A state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft | |
| Broader | readiness, preparedness, preparation | The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) |
| Spanish | alerta, qui vive | |
| Catalan | alerta | |
| Adjectives | alert | engaged in or accustomed to close observation |
| Verbs | alert | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
| Meaning | A warning serves to make you more alert to danger. | |
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| Synonym | alerting | |
| Instances | Emergency Alert System, EAS | A federal warning system that is activated by FEMA |
| Broader | warning | A message informing of danger / danger |
| Spanish | alerta | |
| Verbs | alert | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
| Meaning | An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. | |
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| Synonyms | alarm, warning signal, alarum | |
| Narrower | air alert | The warning signal that begins a period of preparation for an enemy / enemy air attack |
| burglar alarm | A loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm | |
| fire alarm | A shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out | |
| foghorn, fogsignal | A loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships | |
| horn | A noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning | |
| red flag | A flag that serves as a warning signal | |
| siren | A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound | |
| tocsin, alarm bell | The sound of an alarm (usually a bell) | |
| torpedo | A small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it | |
| Broader | signal, signaling, sign | Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message |
| Spanish | advertencia, alarma, alerta | |
| Catalan | alarma, alerta | |
| Verbs | alert | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
| Meaning | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" | |
| Synonym | alarm | |
| Narrower | wake | make aware / aware of |
| Broader | warn | notify of danger / danger, potential harm, or risk |
| Spanish | alarmar, alertar | |
| Catalan | alarmar, alertar, avisar | |
| Nouns | alert | a warning serves to make you more alert to danger |
| alert | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | |
| alert | condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation / preparation for action | |
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