ALERTING

alert, alerting

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

alertness, alerting

(noun) a state of readiness to respond; “alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

alerting

present participle of alert

Anagrams

• INTEGRAL, Triangle, altering, integral, relating, tanglier, teraglin, triangle

Source: Wiktionary


ALERT

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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