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'alert' - used as an adjective
1. very attentive or observant
an alert and responsive baby is a joy
caught by a couple of alert cops
alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came
constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty
2. mentally responsive
an alert mind
3. not unconscious; especially having become conscious
the patient is now awake and alert
4. (usually followed by 'to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive
alert to the problems

'alert' - used as a noun
5. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
bombers were put on alert during the crisis
6. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
7. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

'alert' - used as a verb
8. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries

derived forms
1. Alert / Plural
alerts
2. Alert / Past
alerted
3. Alert / Third Person
alerts
4. Alert / Present Participle
alerting
5. Alert / Comparitive
alerter
6. Alert / Superlative
alertest
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Antonym
  • unalert
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