Alert

Meaning

Adj

●

Attentive;

awake

; on guard.

●

brisk;

nimble

;

moving

with celerity.

Noun

●

An alarm.

●

notification

of higher

importance

than an advisory.

●

In Military:

A state of

readiness

for potential combat.

●

In Computing & Directives:

Synonym of

bell

(“bell character”).

Verb

●

To give

warning

to.

Name

●

community

in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the

northernmost

permanently

inhabited

place in the world.

●

alternative

name for

Alharod, a

village

in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.

●

unincorporated

community

in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States.

Sourced from

Wiktionary

Origin

alert

English

alerte

French

Sourced from

Etym

Rhymes

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