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a·lert

 (ə-lûrt′)
adj.
1. Vigilantly attentive; watchful: alert to danger; an alert bank guard. See Synonyms at careful.
2. Mentally responsive and perceptive; quick.
3. Brisk or lively in action: the bird's alert hopping from branch to branch.
n.
1. A signal that warns of attack or danger: Sirens sounded the alert for an air raid.
2. A condition or period of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action: Nuclear-armed bombers were put on alert during the crisis.
tr.v. a·lert·ed, a·lert·ing, a·lerts
To notify of approaching danger or action; warn: a flashing red light that alerted motorists to trouble ahead.
Idiom:
on the alert
Watchful and prepared for danger, emergency, or opportunity: bird watchers on the alert for a rare species.
[French alerte, from Italian all' erta, on the lookout : alla, to the, on the (from Latin ad illam, to that : ad, to; see ad- + illam, feminine accusative sing. of ille, that, the; see al- in Indo-European roots) + erta, lookout (from past participle of ergere, to raise, from Latin ērigere; see erect).]
a·lert′ly adv.
a·lert′ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.alertly - in mentally perceptive and responsive way; "she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs"
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Translations
بِتَنَبُّه، بِحَذَر
hbitěostražitě
vagtsomt
snarlega, meî árvekni

alertly

adv → aufmerksam
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alert

(əˈləːt) adjective
1. quick-thinking. She's very old but still very alert.
2. (with to) watchful and aware. You must be alert to danger.
noun
a signal to be ready for action.
verb
to make (someone) alert; to warn. The sound of gunfire alerted us to our danger.
aˈlertly adverb
aˈlertness noun
on the alert
on the watch (for). We were on the alert for any sound that might tell us where he was.
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