alert
noun
- alert, warn
verb
- alert, warn
adjective
- be alive; awake and watchful
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈlɜːt/ / /əˈlɝt/
adj
Etymology: From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
- 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”
name
Etymology: After HMS Alert
- 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.
noun
Etymology: From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
- 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”).
verb
Etymology: Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.
- To give warning to.