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US
/əˈɫɝt/
]
[ UK /ɐlˈɜːt/ ]
[ UK /ɐlˈɜːt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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engaged in or accustomed to close observation
caught by a couple of alert cops
constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty
alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came -
quick and energetic
a merry chase
a spanking breeze
a lively gait
traveling at a rattling rate
a brisk walk in the park
a snappy pace -
mentally perceptive and responsive
was now awake to the reality of his predicament
alert to the problems
an alert mind
awake to the dangers of her situation
alive to what is going on
NOUN
- an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
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condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
bombers were put on alert during the crisis - a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
VERB
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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
How To Use alert In A Sentence
- caught by a couple of alert cops
- Reports of a youth on the line at a level crossing yesterday sparked an alert on the railways.
- Diary Entry by Ross Levin (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Action Alert: Money bomb today to fund a documentary about direct democracy, plus other activism'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'There\'s been a lot of talk about \'direct democracy\' since Obama was elected - about how his campaign involved people at a level never before seen in national politics, how his White House has been using online programs to get peoples\ 'input, and so on. OpEdNews - Diary: Action Alert: Money bomb today to fund a documentary about direct democracy, plus other activism
- All our border points are on full alert.
- This applies both to the mentally alert and the mentally confused.
- MI5, Britain's internal security and counter-espionage agency, is to play a greater role in informing the UK public about terror alerts.
- You can also set bill reminders or overdraft alerts. Times, Sunday Times
- There is even an evolving language of street markings that uses chalked symbols to alert passers-by to a WiFi network nearby.
- Uncle Fliakim Sheril, furbished up in a new crisp black suit, and with his spindleshanks trimly incased in the smoothest of black silk stockings, looking for all the world just like an alert and spirited black cricket, outdid himself on this occasion in singing _counter_, in that high, weird voice that he must have learned from the wintry winds that usually piped around the corners of the old house. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
- Its choreography is dense with invention, its dancers project a fine fierce physicality and an alert, emotional presence. Stephen Petronio Company – review