alert

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see also: Alert

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈlɜːt/
• (GA) enPR: ə-lûrtʹ, IPA: /əˈlɝt/

Adjective

alert

1. Attentive; awake; on guard.
2. (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

   • I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself

Translations

• French: alerte
• German: aufmerksam, wachsam
• Italian: allerta
• Portuguese: alerta
• Russian: бди́тельный
• Spanish: alerto, vigilante

Noun

alert (plural alerts)

1. An alarm.
2. A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

Translations

• French: alarme
• German: Alarm
• Italian: allarme
• Portuguese: alerta, alarme
• Russian: трево́га
• Spanish: alerta, alarma

Translations

• Portuguese: alerta
• Russian: предупрежде́ние

Verb

alert (alerts, present participle alerting; past and past participle alerted)

1. To give warning to.

Translations

• German: verständigen
• Portuguese: alertar
• Spanish: alertar

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Alert

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Proper noun

1. A community in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut; the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.
2. .
3. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County.

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