alert
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2.8
- adjective
- /əˈlɜrt/
- Be aware, be alert, and always be prepared.
- remain alert
- stay alert
- alert to danger
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Watch on YouTubeJust heads up, be alert, stay in your toes.
- Just heads up, be alert, stay in your toes.
- They listen, ever alert while lying under Daddy's truck.
- So when your attention is in the present, yes, you're more alert, which is helpful.
- My favorite ingredient is the Lion's mane because keeps my brain alert all hours of the day.
- And it's more about being aware of being alert and watching for these patterns of behavior.
- Put simply, when you get tired, your eyelids close, and when you're alert, your eyelids are open.
- And other times, it's just clumsy awkwardness and you have to be an informed, alert citizenry.
- Change comes then these potential becoming more alert as a practitioner, as supporters.
- Do you, this is just so real alert.
Examples
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Suddenly, they were very alert, and we could hear a lion calling from the distance.
Academic text (1999) -
The government wants them to do well at school and to be alert and receptive to what's being taught.
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But trust me, you will want to remain alert.
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Still, her eyes were alert.
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The danger of skin cancer is small if you stay alert and catch it early.
Fiction book (1990) -
Clinical instructors are always alert to situations that will give students opportunities for learning and professional growth.
Academic text (2011) -
Biologists trying to interpret animal adaptations are becoming increasingly alert to that same possibility.
Academic text (1990) -
Now, miss Moore, do you believe yourself to be mentally alert and capable of exercising your best judgment?
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Put simply, when you get tired, your eyelids close, and when you're alert, your eyelids are open.
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During the meeting, she remained alert to any changes in the discussion.
Synonyms
87
4.0
React quickly and helpfully to people and things
71
6.0
A person who keeps careful watch for danger or problems
70
3.2
Able to understand and answer fast
56
3.0
Paying close attention and caring about someone's needs
36
3.2
Being careful and ready to notice danger or problems
18
5.6
Quick to notice and understand things
1
9.9
Watchful and careful to notice danger or mistakes
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
1
3.3
A national system that lets officials send emergency warnings on radio and television
- Jargon
1
6.8
A military state where fighter jets stay ready to take off quickly to respond to a threat
- Jargon
1
7.9
A state when planes and their crews are ready to take off immediately for defense
How Alert
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alert comes from the Italian phrase all'erta, meaning 'on the watch'. So if you are alert, you are watching carefully and ready to notice things.