Alert
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alert¹
- /əˈlɜːt/ UK
- /əˈlɝt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
adjective more alert · most alert
- Attentive; awake; on guard.
- brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself
noun alerts
- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
- A state of readiness for potential combat. an airborne alert; ground alert
- Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
alert²
- /əˈlɜːt/ UK
- /əˈlɝt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.
verb alerts · alerting · alerted
- To give warning to.
Alert³
Where it comes from
After HMS Alert
proper noun
- 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.
