alert
IPA: ʌɫˈɝt
noun
- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
- (military) A state of readiness for potential combat.
- (computing) Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
- A community in the 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.
verb
- To give warning to.
adjective
- Attentive; awake; on guard.
- (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
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Examples of "alert" in Sentences
- The milkmaid sends an alert.
- I will alert the creator of the map.
- The girl escapes and alerts the police.
- He alerts the authorities to the secret.
- The brothers escape and alert the police.
- The board alerted the Emperor to the event.
- The centurion alerted the Emperor to the event.
- After the millennium alert, the government relaxed.
- The rooster is a symbol for watchfulness and alertness.
- It was the incongruous buzz of noise on the street outside that alerted her.
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