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Definition: Alertness |
AlertnessNoun1. The process of paying close and continuous attention. 2. A state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG". 3. Lively attentiveness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alertness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A state of readiness to detect and respond to certain specified small changes occurring at random intervals in the environment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AlertnessSynonyms: alerting (n), on the qui vive (n), vigilance (n), watchfulness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Noun: attention; mindfulness, presence of mind; Adjective: intentness, intentiveness; alertness; thought; advertence, advertency; observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension; heed; heedfulness; particularity; notice, regard; Verb: circumspection, diligence; (care); study, scrutiny inspection, introspection; revision, revisal. |
Care | Alertness; (activity); attention; prudence; circumspection; (caution); anxiety; forethought; precaution; (preparation); tidiness; (order), (cleanliness); accuracy; (exactness); minuteness, attention to detail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Alertness |
| English words defined with "alertness": lethargic ♦ smart ♦ unergetic ♦ waking. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alertness": Central Nervous System Stimulants, Coffee Mill ♦ obtundation ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Caffeine can reduce sleepiness and increase alertness, but only temporarily. (references) | |
Stimulants enhance brain activity, causing an increase in alertness, attention, and energy. (references) | ||
An individual in stage III may show more interest in her surroundings, and her alertness, attention span, and communication skills may improve. (references) | ||
Business | Since the appearance of the e-mail viruses, virus alertness is more intensive in Hungary. (references) | |
Minorities | Netherlands | In June the Council of Chiefs of Police agreed to a series of measures designed to improve police alertness to incidents of discrimination. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Alertness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alertness" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alertness | 11 |
mental alertness | 8 |
alertness mental test thurstone | 5 |
alertness increase | 5 |
alertness product | 4 |
alertness aid | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alertness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vigjilencë (look out, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness), gjallëri (activity, alacrity, animation, brio, briskness, dynamism, ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, mercuriality, pep, pepper, sprightliness, verdure, verve, vitality, vivacity, volatility, zest). (various references) | |
Arabic | محترس من الخطر, حذر (admonish, advise, alert, be careful, be wise, beware, cagey, calculating, calculation, canny, care, careful, caution, cautious, cautiousness, chariness, chary, considerate, discreet, discreetness, discretion, exhort, fabian, forewarn, guard, guarded, guarding, heedful, leery, look behind, look out, lookout, mind, on the alert, on the lookout, prudence, prudent, safe, shy, shyness, sound an alarm, suspicious, take care, vigilance, vigilant, wariness, warn, wary, watch, wide awake), تأهب (get ready, prepare, preparedness, provide, readiness, set, square up to, stand by), إنتباه (attention, attentiveness, awareness, heed, mark, notice, regard, remark, warning). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | живост (activity, agility, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, liveliness, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, punch, snap, sprightliness, spunk, vinegar, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility, zap), бдителност (guard, look out, outlook, vigilance, wakefulness, watch), пъргавина (activity, alacrity, deftness, quickness). (various references) | |
Chinese | 警报 (Alarm). (various references) | |
Czech | ostražitost (precaution, vigilance), èilost (activity, alacrity, briskness, jauntiness). (various references) | |
Danish | agtpågivenhed (vigilance), årvågenhed (vigilance). (various references) | |
Dutch | waakzaamheid (vigilance). (various references) | |
Finnish | valppaus (vigilance, watchfulness). (various references) | |
French | vigilance. (various references) | |
German | Wachsamkeit (alertnesses, guardedness, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness). (various references) | |
Greek | ετοιμότητα (gaminess, preparedness, presence of mind, promptitude, readiness, stand-by). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עוררות (stimulation, wakefulness), ערות (liveliness, vigil, vigilance, wakefulness), ער ות (awareness, liveliness, smartness, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness), זריזות (agility, dexterity, expedition, facility, knack, liveliness, nimbleness, pep, pertness, quickness, skill), כו ות (preparedness, readiness, vigilance). (various references) | |
Hungarian | éberség (vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kewaspadaan (vigilance), kesiapsiagaan. (various references) | |
Italian | vigilanza (look out, supervision, surveillance, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness), stato di allerta (vigilance). (various references) | |
Manx | geyre-inchynys, geyre-chooishaght (astuteness, discrimination, shrewdness), arreydys (attentiveness, cautiousness, watchfulness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alertnessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | alerta (acock, adroit, agile, alarm, brisk, keen, prompt, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful), vigilância (command, custody, outlook, oversight, supervision, surveillance, vigilance, ward, watch). (various references) | |
Romanian | vioiciune (alacrity, briskness, buoyancy, fizz, fling, go, hoity toity, jazz, life, liveliness, perkiness, pertness, quickness, snap, sprightliness, vivacity), vigilenţã (lookout, vigilance). (various references) | |
Russian | бдительность (circumspection, look out, vigilance, vigilante gang, watchfulness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | opreznost (carefulness, caution, vigilance, wariness). (various references) | |
Spanish | vigilancia (attendance, look out, maintenance, oversight, service, stake out, supervision, surveillance, vigilance, watch, watchfulness). (various references) | |
Swedish | rörlighet (agility, mobility, movability, moveability). (various references) | |
Turkish | atiklik (agility, lightness, readiness), açıkgözlük (astuteness, incisiveness, sharpness, shrewdness), uyanıklık (being awake, guard, monkey tricks, nimbleness, shenanigan, sleeplessness, smartness, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness), tetiklik. (various references) | |
Turkmen | hьюgдrlik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спритність (ability, activity, adroitness, agility, artfulness, cleverness, deftness, efficiency, knack, nimbleness, policy, readiness, sleight), обережність (canniness, care, caution, chariness, circumspection, deliberation, discretion, heed, nicety, precaution, wariness), настороженість (await, circumspection), моторність (adroitness, agility, celerity, deftness, dexterity, nimbleness), жвавість (agility, alacrity, animation, liveliness, mercuriality, nimbleness, oomph, quickness, sparkle, starch, tightness, verve, vigor, vigour, vivacity), проворність, пильність (guard, look out, vigilance, watch, weather-eye). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính nhanh nhẹn (legerity), tính nhanh nhẩu (breeziness), tính hoạt bát (chirpiness, liveliness, mercuriality, vivaciousness, vivacity, volatility), sự tỉnh táo (wakefulness), sự cảnh giác tính lanh lợi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alertness": alertnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Alertness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alderneys. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alertness" (pronounced uler"tnus) |
| 5 | -er" t n u s | inertness. |
| 4 | -t n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, appropriateness, astuteness, bluntness, brightness, compactness, completeness, correctness, cuteness, directness, earnestness, eyewitness, faintness, fastness, fitness, flatness, forthrightness, gauntness, greatness, ineptness, lateness, lightfastness, lightness, neatness, politeness, quietness, remoteness, rightness, robustness, separateness, shortness, softness, steadfastness, stoutness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tightness, unpleasantness, vastness, wetness, whiteness, witness. |
| 3 | -n u s | aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, arbitrariness, assertiveness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, competitiveness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, fairness, farsightedness, fickleness, firmness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, riskiness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, tardiness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: assenter, earnests, eternals, lateness, nestlers, realness, reslates, salterns, sarsenet, stealers, tearless, telerans. | |
-2 letters: antlers, artless, earless, earnest, eastern, easters, elaters, entases, enteral, eternal, lasters, lateens, leaners, leanest, leasers, nearest, nesters, nestler, nestles, netless, realest, relates, relents, renests, rentals, resales, reseals, reseats, resents, reslate, saltern, salters, sateens, sealers, searest, seaters, senates, sensate, slaters. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: parentless. | |
+2 letters: alertnesses, artlessness, centralises, earthliness, eternalness, generalists, linecasters, literalness, neorealists, neutralises, neutralness, partnerless, patternless, relatedness, servantless, streamlines, tearfulness. | |
+3 letters: aldosterones, artfulnesses, etherealness, everlastings, externalises, externalisms, fatherliness, gratefulness, internalises, literariness, literateness, malapertness, masterliness, materialness, paltrinesses, personalties, pleasantries, rattlesnakes, retranslates, salinometers, startlements, stonewallers, streamliners, superalterns, transversely, verticalness. | |
+4 letters: antipleasures, antislaveries, artlessnesses, containerless, earthlinesses, elaborateness, eternalnesses, heartlessness, irritableness, literalnesses, lucrativeness, masterfulness, naturalnesses, neutralnesses, painterliness, personalities, phalansteries, reescalations, relatednesses, tearfulnesses, tractableness, translucences, unassertively, unearthliness, veritableness, versatileness, waterlessness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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