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"Alert" Definition

noun

A condition or period of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action: Nuclear-armed bombers were put on alert during the crisis.
A signal that warns of attack or danger: Sirens sounded the alert for an air raid.
The period during which an alert is in effect.
An urgent notice .
An alarm or other signal of danger.

adjective

Mentally responsive and perceptive; quick.
Vigilantly attentive; watchful: alert to danger; an alert bank guard. See Synonyms at aware.
Quick to perceive and act.
Watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency.

idiom

On the alert Watchful and prepared for danger, emergency, or opportunity: bird watchers on the alert for a rare species.

verb-transitive

To notify of approaching danger or action; warn: a flashing red light that alerted motorists to trouble ahead.

verb

To make aware of .
To call to a state of readiness .

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