ALERT

alert, watchful

(adjective) 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”

alert, alive, awake

(adjective) 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”

alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy

(adjective) 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”

alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum

(noun) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

alert, alerting

(noun) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

alert, qui vive

(noun) condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; “bombers were put on alert during the crisis”

alarm, alert

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

After the HMS Alert

Proper noun

Alert

A community in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.

An alternative name for Alharod, a village in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.

An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States.

Anagrams

• alter, alter-, altre, artel, later, ratel, taler, telar

Etymology 1

Adjective

alert (comparative more alert, superlative most alert)

Attentive; awake; on guard.

(obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.

Noun

alert (plural alerts)

An alarm.

A notification of higher importance than an advisory.

(military) A state of readiness for potential combat.

Etymology 2

Verb

alert (third-person singular simple present alerts, present participle alerting, simple past and past participle alerted)

To give warning to.

Anagrams

• alter, alter-, altre, artel, later, ratel, taler, telar

Source: Wiktionary

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A*lert", a. Etym: [F. alerte, earlier à l'erte on the watch, fr. It. all' erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L. erigere. See Erect.]

1. Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

2. Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. An alert young fellow. Addison.

Syn.

– Active; agile; lively; quick; prompt.

A*lert", n. (Mil.)

Definition: An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning. "We have had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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