adj
Meaning 1
Attentive; awake; on guard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wakeful
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
alert
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈlɜːt/
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General-American: ə-lûrtʹ
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General-American: /əˈlɝt/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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adj
Meaning 2
brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
An alternative name for Alharod, a village in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An alarm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A state of readiness for potential combat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
- an airborne alert; ground alert
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bell
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To give warning to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 11
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: watchful
Antonyms: unalert
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
mentally perceptive and responsive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alive(p), awake(p)
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
quick and energetic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a brisk walk in the park
- a lively gait
- a merry chase
- traveling at a rattling rate
- a snappy pace
- a spanking breeze
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alarm, warning signal, alarum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: signal, signaling, sign
Narrower terms: torpedo, air alert, burglar alarm, fire alarm, foghorn, fogsignal, horn, red flag, siren, tocsin, alarm bell
noun
Meaning 15
a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alerting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: warning
Narrower terms: Emergency Alert System, EAS
noun
Meaning 16
condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bombers were put on alert during the crisis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: qui vive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: readiness, preparedness, preparation
Narrower terms: air alert, red alert, strip alert
verb
Meaning 17
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The empty house alarmed him
- We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alarm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: warn
Narrower terms: wake
History
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”).
After HMS Alert
Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.
Across languages
Translations
155 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: ንቁ (nəḳu) — attentive
- Arabic: يَقِظ (yaqiẓ) — attentive
- Armenian: զգաստ (zgast) — attentive
- Armenian: արթուն (artʻun) — attentive
- Armenian: զգոն (zgon) — attentive
- Bengali: সতর্ক (śotork) — attentive
- Bulgarian: бдителен (bditelen) — attentive
- Bulgarian: внимателен (vnimatelen) — attentive
- Catalan: vigilant — attentive
- Chinese Mandarin: 警惕 (jǐngtì) — attentive
- Dutch: alert — attentive
- Dutch: waakzaam — attentive
- Esperanto: vigla — attentive
- Esperanto: mallaca — attentive
- Finnish: virkeä — attentive
- Finnish: pirteä — attentive
- Finnish: valpas — attentive
- French: alerte — attentive
- German: aufmerksam — attentive
- German: wachsam — attentive
- Hebrew: עֵרָנִי (eraní) — attentive
- Hebrew: דָּרוּךְ (darúkh) — attentive
- Hindi: सतर्क (satark) — attentive
- Hindi: सजग (sajag) — attentive
- Irish: airdeallach — attentive
- Irish: beo-intinneach — attentive
- Irish: biorbach — attentive
- Irish: braiteach — attentive
- Irish: fuireachair — attentive
- Italian: allerta — attentive
- Italian: attento — attentive
- Italian: vigile — attentive
- Italian: vigilante — attentive
- Japanese: 機敏な (kibin na) — attentive
- Japanese: 警戒する (keikai suru) — attentive
- Korean: 기민하다 (giminhada) — attentive
- Korean: 경계하다 (gyeonggyehada) — attentive
- Central Kurdish: وریا (wirya) — attentive
- Latin: intentus — attentive
- Latin: vigilans — attentive
- Latvian: modrs — attentive
- Luxembourgish: aläert — attentive
- Maltese: attent — attentive
- Māori: matawhiuwhiu — attentive
- Māori: hiwa — attentive
- Māori: mataara — attentive
- Māori: ohiti — attentive
- Māori: ohitu — attentive
- Māori: matatū — attentive
- Māori: tauwhiro — attentive
- Khiamniungan Naga: tsôu — attentive
- Norwegian: oppmerksom — attentive
- Norwegian: våken — attentive
- Plautdietsch: schneiw — attentive
- Polish: czujny — attentive
- Polish: uważny — attentive
- Portuguese: alerta — attentive
- Russian: бди́тельный (bdítelʹnyj) — attentive
- Russian: внима́тельный (vnimátelʹnyj) — attentive
- Russian: насторо́женный (nastoróžennyj) — attentive
- Sanskrit: सतर्क (satarka) — attentive
- Scottish Gaelic: grad — attentive
- Slovak: poplach — attentive
- Spanish: alerta — attentive
- Spanish: vigilante — attentive
- Spanish: alerto — attentive
- Swahili: chonjo — attentive
- Swahili: tahadhari — attentive
- Swedish: alert — attentive
- Swedish: vaken — attentive
- Turkish: uyanık — attentive
- Ottoman Turkish: سهران (sehran) — attentive
- Ukrainian: насторо́жений (nastoróženyj) — attentive
- Ukrainian: ува́жний (uvážnyj) — attentive
- Unami: kwèxsi — attentive
- Urdu: سترک (satark) — attentive
- Bulgarian: тревога (trevoga) — an alarm
- Catalan: alerta — an alarm
- Chinese Mandarin: 警報 /警报 (jǐngbào) — an alarm
- Czech: výstraha — an alarm
- Czech: poplach — an alarm
- Dutch: alarm — an alarm
- Esperanto: alarmo — an alarm
- Esperanto: averto — an alarm
- Estonian: häire — an alarm
- Finnish: hälytys — an alarm
- Finnish: herätys — an alarm
- French: alarme — an alarm
- German: Alarm — an alarm
- Hebrew: אַזְעָקָה (az'aká) — an alarm
- Hebrew: הַתְרָעָה (hatra'á) — an alarm
- Hindi: चेतावनी (cetāvnī) — an alarm
- Hungarian: riadó — an alarm
- Icelandic: viðvörun — an alarm
- Italian: allarme — an alarm
- Japanese: 警告 (keikoku) — an alarm
- Japanese: 警報 (keihō) — an alarm
- Latvian: trauksme — an alarm
- Macedonian: аларм (alarm) — an alarm
- Macedonian: тревога (trevoga) — an alarm
- Norwegian: alarm — an alarm
- Polish: alarm — an alarm
- Polish: alert — an alarm
- Portuguese: alerta — an alarm
- Portuguese: alarme — an alarm
- Romanian: alertă — an alarm
- Russian: трево́га (trevóga) — an alarm
- Russian: сигнализа́ция (signalizácija) — an alarm
- Spanish: alerta — an alarm
- Swedish: larm — an alarm
- Ukrainian: триво́га (tryvóha) — an alarm
- Czech: upozornění — a notification
- Dutch: waarschuwing — a notification
- Esperanto: sciigo — a notification
- Esperanto: pepo — a notification
- Finnish: varoitus — a notification
- Finnish: ilmoitus — a notification
- Hebrew: הַתְרָעָה (hatra'á) — a notification
- Hebrew: כּוֹנְנוּת (konenút) — a notification
- Hindi: चेतावनी (cetāvnī) — a notification
- Indonesian: pemberitahuan — a notification
- Indonesian: lansiran — a notification
- Norwegian: advarsel — a notification
- Norwegian: varsel — a notification
- Polish: powiadomienie — a notification
- Polish: alert — a notification
- Portuguese: alerta — a notification
- Russian: предупрежде́ние (predupreždénije) — a notification
- Russian: оповеще́ние (opoveščénije) — a notification
- Russian: сообще́ние (soobščénije) — a notification
- Serbo-Croatian: obavijest — a notification
- Serbo-Croatian: obavještenje — a notification
- Swahili: chonjo — a notification
- Ukrainian: спові́щення (spovíščennja) — a notification
- Ukrainian: попере́дження (poperédžennja) — a notification
- Catalan: alertar — to give warning to
- Chinese Mandarin: 警告 (jǐnggào) — to give warning to
- Dutch: waarschuwen — to give warning to
- Dutch: alarmeren — to give warning to
- Esperanto: alarmi — to give warning to
- Finnish: varoittaa — to give warning to
- Finnish: hälyttää — to give warning to
- German: verständigen — to give warning to
- Hebrew: הִזְהִיר (hizhír) — to give warning to
- Hebrew: הִתְרִיעַ (hitría') — to give warning to
- Hindi: चेतावनी (cetāvnī) — to give warning to
- Norwegian: varsle — to give warning to
- Portuguese: alertar — to give warning to
- Russian: предупреждать (predupreždatʹ) — to give warning to
- Russian: оповещать (opoveščatʹ) — to give warning to
- Russian: сигнализировать (signalizirovatʹ) — to give warning to
- Russian: тревожить (trevožitʹ) — to give warning to
- Spanish: alertar — to give warning to
- Swahili: chonjo — to give warning to
- Ottoman Turkish: ایقاظ ایتمك (ikâz etmek) — to give warning to
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