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Dictionary definition for: Alert

1. (n) condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"

2. (v) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him" "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

3. (a) 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"

4. (n) a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

5. (s) mentally responsive; "an alert mind"

6. (n) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

7. (s) not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"

8. (s) (usually followed by "to'') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems" "alive to what is going on" "awake to the dangers of her situation" "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"

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