alert.
Attentive; awake; on guard.
Meaning & usage
Attentive; awake; on guard.
brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Where this word comes from
From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
To give warning to.
Where this word comes from
Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.
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