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Meaning of alert


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  alert
      adj 1: engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "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" [syn: {alert},
             {watchful}] [ant: {unalert}, {unvigilant}, {unwatchful}]
      2: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively
         gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a
         snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: {alert}, {brisk},
         {lively}, {merry}, {rattling}, {snappy}, {spanking}, {zippy}]
      3: mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "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: {alert}, {alive(p)}, {awake(p)}]
      n 1: condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for
           action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis" [syn:
           {alert}, {qui vive}]
      2: a warning serves to make you more alert to danger [syn:
         {alert}, {alerting}]
      3: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger [syn:
         {alarm}, {alert}, {warning signal}, {alarum}]
      v 1: 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}, {alert}]


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