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Alert

Definition: Alert

Alert

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Mentally responsive; "an alert mind".

3. Not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert".

4. (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".

Noun

1. Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action: "bombers were put on alert during the crisis".

2. A warning serves to make you more alert to danger.

3. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.

Verb

1. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "alert" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)


Specialty Definition: Alert

DomainDefinition

Computing

Alert /*'l*rt/ An audible and/or visual message intended to inform a system's users or administrators about a change in the operating conditions of that system or about some kind of error condition. In a graphical user interface, an alert would typically be displayed as a small window containing the message and a button to click to dismiss the window. (1999-03-29). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Literature

Alert To be on the watch. From the Latin erectus, part. of erigere, to set upright; Italian, erto, French, erte, a watch-tower. Hence the Italian starë allerta, the Spanish estar alerta , and the French être l'erte, to be on the watch. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Alert

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ALERT

EnglishAdvice and problem Location for European Road TrafficN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Alert

Synonyms: alive(p) (adj), awake(p) (adj), alarum (n), alerting (n), qui vive (n), warning signal (n), alarm (v). (additional references)
Antonym: unalert (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Alert

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Quick, prompt, yare, instant, ready, alert, spry, sharp, smart; fast; (swift); quick as a lamplighter, expeditious; awake, broad awake; go-ahead, live wide-awake; (intelligent).

Astir, stirring; agoing, afoot; on foot; in full swing; eventful; on the alert; (vigilant).

Attention

Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant).

Care

Guarded, on one's guard; on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout; awake, broad awake, vigilant; watchful, wakeful, wistful; Argus-eyed; wide awake; (intelligent); on the watch for (expectant).

Adjective: careful regardful, heedful; taking care; Verb: particular; prudent; (cautious); considerate; thoughtful; (deliberative); provident; (prepared); alert; (active); sure-footed.

Preparation

In utrumque paratus, semper paratus; on the alert; (vigilant); at one's post.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Alert

English words defined with "alert": alerting, alertly, arouse, awarebeep, beta rhythm, beta wave, beware, brace, busy beeconsciousnesseager beaver, energise, energizefox, freshnessGleg, glowheads-upknowing, knowledgeablelistening, live wire, Lively stones, look sharpmental strain, mindnervous strainOn one's guard, on the alert, on the job, on tiptoeperk up, Presence of mindqui vive, Quick with child, quick-sightedred alertscincid, scincid lizard, sharp-eyed, sharpie, sharp-sighted, sharpy, skink, Sprack, stimulate, straintransient global amnesiaunalert, unfamiliar, unwarywake, whiptail, whiptail lizard, wide-awake. (references)
Specialty definitions using "alert": advance letter, Automated Local Evaluation in Real TimeBase Stationcall mission, Caution Stage, code strong, Confidential Individual Information System, Couch, CriesEAMMfire mission, Flood Potential OutlookHairy Hands, howler toneLocal Flood Warning SystemNATO assigned forcesPOWDER LOADERquiescent telecontrol system. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Alert" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (alert), German (alert), Swedish (alert, lively, open-eyed, watchful, wide awake).

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Modern Usage: Alert

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Nerd alert! (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Lord, I'll do anything you ask tomorrow just don't call an alert tonight (Battlestar Galactica; writing credit: Glen A. Larson)

At every waking moment, alert. The gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone (Persona; writing credit: Ingmar Bergman)

Your Neutralness, it's a beige alert! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

You've always been this alert, Shaughnessy (Gorilla at Large; writing credit: Leonard Praskins; Barney Slater)

Lyrics

Ya listen to the two way alert (Young'n; performing artist: Fabolous)

Clever

Patient was alert and unresponsive. (references; author: unknown)

Healthy appearing, decrepit, 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow (1956)

24 Hour Alert (1955)

Stay Unhurt Look Alert (1955)

Submarine Alert (1943)

Sexual Predator Alert (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Alert

DomainTitle

References

  • American Medical Alert Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Alert and Alive : Defusing Anger and Violence in the Workplace (reference)

  • Alien Alert! (Jimmy Neutron) (reference)

  • Be Alert (reference)

  • Be Alert, Be Aware, Have a Plan: The Complete Guide to Protecting Yourself, Your Home, Your Family (reference)

  • Command & Conquer Red Alert 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Full Alert (reference)

  • Red Alert - Hockeytown 3 - 2002 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings (reference)

  • Auto Buyer Alert (reference)

  • National Geographic's Polar Bear Alert (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • First Alert FAW640 2.4 GHz Mini Wireless Camera and 4" LCD Color Monitor (reference)

  • First Alert FAW725 2.4 GHz Wireless Video Surveillance Camera and Receiver (Color) (reference)

  • Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 (reference)

  • Midland 74200 Digital All Hazard Alert Monitor (reference)

  • Sima WX-67Q Emergency Alert Radio with S.A.M.E. Technology (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • FIRST ALERT FCD4 Carbon Monoxide Alarm with Remote Capability (reference)

  • Alert Stamping 4215-6GF Portable Quad Box GFCI Shock Stopper (reference)

  • Alert Stamping 5000A-30GFCB Cord Reel Trinector Power Block with Circuit Breaker (reference)

  • First Alert SA97C Long Life Lithium Power Smoke Alarm (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Alert

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Photo Album: Alert

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Figure 48. Lucas sounding machine, invented by Francis Lucas. Lucas began his career laying submarine cable in 1856. He subsequently became chief engineer at the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company. He invented this lightweig t wire-sounding machine in 1878 and first used on the ALERT the same year. This type of machine was used by British hydrographic ships after 1887. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A missile alert facility, like the one pictured, located 60 miles south of Minot Air Force Base, N.D., burned to the ground Nov. 30. Minot AFB's 91st Space Wing owns the MAF. No one was injured in the blaze and the cause is under investigation. (Courtesy.

Antelopes on alert, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey.

If you have one of these 100 common medical conditions, Medic Alert could save your life. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Resistant Gonorrhea ALERT!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Photographed prior to World War I by Edwin Levick, New York City. This craft was leased by the Navy in May 1917 and commissioned as USS Alert (SP-511). Her name was later changed to SP-511. Following World War I service as a patrol boat, she was returned to her owner in late 1918. Credit: NAVY.

A U.S. Navy destroyer lays a smoke screen during a "Red Alert" for air attack, off the Salerno invasion beaches in September 1943. Photographed from the port bridge wing of USS Philadelphia (CL-41). Note manned and ready 20mm and 40mm guns on Philadelphia and elevated fire control radar antenna and 5"/38 guns on the destroyer. Credit: NAVY.

Alert. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S.S. Alert. Credit: Library of Congress.

The plotting room of a big army camp must have alert, intelligent men on the job. It has them, all of which goes to make a truly superior army. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Alert".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Activate; alert; animate; arouse; awaken; call forth; enliven; excite; incite; kindle; provoke; revive; stimulate; stir up; vivify; awake.Dispatch; communicate; alert; .
Alarm; alert; balefire; beam; bonfire; flare; guidepost; heliograph; lamp; lantern; lighthouse; lodestar; pharos; radar; rocket; rocket; sign; signal fire; smoke signal; beacon; warning signal; watchtower.Train; alert; railroad; whistling; choo-choo; blow; chug; signal; airy; low.
Fast; quick; ASAP; abrupt; accelerated; active; agile; alert; animated; breakneck; brief; brisk; cursory; curt; double time; energetic; expeditious; expeditive; express; fleet; flying; get going; harefooted; hasty; headlong; hurried; immediate; impatient.Alert; shrill; acute; argute; blaring; blatant; cacophonous; clanging; clangorous; deafening; discordant; ear-piercing; ear-splitting; harsh; high; metallic; noisy; penetrating; piercing; piping; raucous; screeching; sharp; strident; thin; treble.
Blow; alert; .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Alert

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

His gallantry was always on the alert.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

But alert and healthy natures remember that the sun rose clear

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Alert

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Stay with the person until he or she is completely alert. (references)

If you suspect that you are having a side effect, alert your physician. (references)

Mucosal ulcerations should alert the cancer team to the risk of systemic infection. (references)

Business

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems are in use at choke points like tunnels and bridges, and are used to alert the emergency services to potential blockages or hazards. (references)

Foreign suppliers of all related products and services should be especially alert to opportunities in the ever-changing Argentine telecommunications market with the Liberalization Plan underway. (references)

Children

Burundi

The Government provides elementary education at nominal cost through grade six; however, inequitable distribution of educational resources favors those children in southern and central areas of the country, according to International Alert, an international NGO. (references)

Civil Liberties

Colombia

In late January, RCN prime time journalist and host of RCN top-ranking opinion show La Noche Claudia Gurisatti left the country for 3 months, following an alert from the authorities of a plot to kill her. (references)

Russia

Foreigners visiting the region are forbidden to engage in missionary activity or to preach unless the conduct of missionary activity had been stated in their visas (some groups reportedly sent religious workers on business or tourist visas in order not to alert the authorities to their activities). (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

Trade Leads, Buyer Alert, and AgExport Kit Services: The USDA Washington DC office provides a variety of services to U.S. companies. (references)

New Zealand

The U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) (Wellington) has a comprehensive listing of food importers and distributors as well as their principal contacts, and also offers exporters the AgExport Service buyer alert network to find buyers. (references)

Mexico

Although the vast majority of laws affecting U.S. companies doing business in Mexico will come under federal jurisdiction (e.g. corporate law, international trade regulations, intellectual property protection), companies must be alert to the requirements of state codes when making investments. (references)

Trade

Bahrain

The bonds are flat fees rather than a percentage of the total bid because knowledge about the amount of the bid-bond deposits may alert competitors to each other's bid price. (references)

Mexico

However, exporters also must be alert to the fact that Mexico imposes punitive anti-dumping duties on products from certain countries, particularly footwear and apparel from China. (references)

Travel

Burma

U.S. citizens should stay alert and take precautions to avoid any confrontations that may occur. (references)

Worker Rights

Suriname

In cases where the victims have been able to alert the police, the police have returned them to their country of origin. (references)

United Kingdom

The women are duped into believing that the police are corrupt or abusive and that they will be deported if they alert the authorities. (references)

Poland

An agreement was reached; however, the nurses claimed that most health facilities had not met the provisions of the agreement by year's end and declared a strike alert. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Alert

SpeakerPhrase(s)

James Dobson

Well, that's a very good question and many parents are asking it at this time and especially today with the heightened alert, the danger that we're under now.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Alert

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Herbert C. Hoover

1929-1933The strong man must at all times be alert to the attack of insidious disease.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Alert

"Alert" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 54.69% of the time. "Alert" is used about 1,235 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)54.69%6759,782
Lexical Verb (base form)21.44%26518,112
Lexical Verb (infinitive)20.47%25318,652
Noun (singular)3.4%4252,864
                    Total100.00%1,235N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Alert

The following table summarizes the usage of "alert" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AlertLast name13066,111
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Alert

CountryName
USA

American Medical Alert Corp.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Alert

Expressions using "alert": air alert airborne alert alert battery alert exercise alert phase alert service alert smb. to smth. alert subunit alert the troops alert to alert to a danger be alert be in the alert be on the alert general alert Genetically Engineered Food Alert give the alert ground alert keep on the alert miscall alert on the alert red alert white alert. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "alert": ever-alert.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alert

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

amber alert

1,413

red alert 2 mods

161

red alert

1,335

command and conquer red alert

144

red alert 2

1,203

cheat code for red alert 2

142

red alert 2 cheat

600

internet alert

134

alert

545

command and conquer red alert 2

130

medical alert bracelet

450

red alert 2 cd key

122

medic alert

386

terror alert

119

call alert

338

alert yahoo

100

medical alert jewelry

311

air alert

96

red alert 2 trainer

309

weather alert radio

95

medical alert

249

alert amber girl leanna minnesota missing warner

94

virus alert

244

2 alert red trucos

92

alert aol call

241

red alert 2 code

92

weather alert

230

life alert

89

first alert

225

2way alert

88

zone alert

221

2 alert cheat command conquer red

81

red alert cheat

218

email alert

79

medic alert bracelet

205

java script alert

78

diver alert network

183

alert msn

75

red alert 2 map

167

news alert

75
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Alert

Language Translations for "alert"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

lewendig (adroit, agile, brisk, keen). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

alarm (alarm, warning), vigjilent (argus-eyed, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, watchful), i ndritshëm (bright, brilliant, flaming, light, lucid, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendent, starry). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏يقظ (awake, awoke, careful, circumspect, jaunty, lively, mindful, napless, observant, on duty, open-eyed, prompt, springy, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide awake), ‏محترس (cagey, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, prudent, vigilant, wary), ‏متنبه (awake, awoke, mindful), ‏نشيط (active, adroit, athletic, dapper, driving, energetic, forceful, hustler, jaunty, live wire, lively, proud, robust, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stout, strenuous, vigorous, vivacious), ‏حذر (admonish, advise, alertness, 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), ‏إنذار (call up, intimation, notice, notification, prognosis, signalling, ultimatum, warning), ‏رشيق (active, agile, airy, brisk, clever, dapper, facile, fleet, fluent, fluid, graceful, lightsome, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, merry, nimble, nippy, quick, ready, sharp, spry, svelte, swift, willowy, zippy). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сигнал за тревога, чевръст (light footed, nimble, prompt, ready, slippy, smart, spry), тревога (agitation, alarm, anxiety, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, flurry, fluster, inquietude, perturbation, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry), внимателен (affable, attentive, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, delicate, guarded, heedful, intent, nice, precautious, scrupulous, thoughtful, ware, wary, watchful), жив (above ground, active, agile, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nervous, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), буден (alive, awake, sleepless, unsleeping, wakeful, waking), бдителен (awake, hawk-eyed, jealous, observant, open-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake), пъргав (active, agile, alive, deft, elastic, lissom, lithesome, lively, nifty, nimble, nippy, pretty, prompt, quick, ready, resilient, sinuous, smart, snappy, spring, spry, versatile, volatile, wanton, warm, whippy, zippy). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

驚動 (alarm, disturb), (nimble, quick), 警惕 (on guard, to raise one's guard, vigilant), (alarm, alert signal, warning), (departed soul, effective, efficacious, intelligence, quick), '备 (Watchfulness). (various references)

   

Czech

  

alarmovat (alarm), vyplašit (alarm, frighten away, rouse, startle, work up), vyhlásit poplach, poplach (alarm, scare, tumult, warning), pohotovost (aptitude, despatch, dispatch, readiness, trim), ostražitý (vigilant, wary, watchful, wide awake), bystrý (acute, astute, bright, discerning, exquisite, keen, keen-witted, nimble, penetrating, perspicacious, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, subtle), bdìlý (unsleeping, vigilant, watchful, wide awake), èilý (active, brisk, forward, spirited, sprightly, spry, swift). (various references)

   

Danish

  

livlig (adroit, agile, brisk, keen). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

rap (adroit, agile, brisk, keen), levendig (adroit, agile, brisk, keen), kwiek (adroit, agile, brisk, keen), kras (adroit, agile, brisk, keen), druk (adroit, agile, brisk, busy, edition, keen, pressure, print), alert. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

vigla (brisk, keen). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

vakin (adroit, agile, brisk, keen), lívligur (adroit, agile, brisk, keen), kátur (adroit, agile, airy-fairy, brisk, cheerful, frolic, frolicsome, gay, keen, merry, petulant). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مواظب (Assiduous, Attendant, Attentive, Aware, Careful, Cautious, Heedful, Shy, Tooter, Watchful, Watchman), هوشیار (Astute, Cautious, Conscious, Observant, Sober, Vigilant), گوش بزنگ (Vigilant, Wakeful), زیرک (Acute, Adroit, Agile, Astute, Brilliant, Cagey, Canny, Clever, Cunning, Gash, Keen, Perspicacious, Sagacious, Sharp, Shrewd, Smart, Subtle, Uncanny), اژیرهواءی , اعلام خطر, بحالت اماده باش درامدن یادراوردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valpas (vigilant, wakeful, watchful). (various references)

   

French

  

alerte (alarm, alertness), vif, alerter (alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm). (various references)

   

German

  

wach (adroit, agile, awake, brisk, keen, lively, quick, sleepless, up, wake, wakeful, wide awake), aufgeweckt (adroit, agile, alive, aroused, awoken, bright, brisk, keen, lively, quick, sharp, vivacious), alert, Alarm (air-raid warning, alarm, tocsin). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έξυπνοσ (awake, brainy, cagey, cagy, canny, clever, cute, hard-headed, ingenious, intelligent, knowing, parlous, politic, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, spiffy), έτοιμοσ για δράση, σβέλτοσ (dapper, fleet, lissom, lissome, mobile, natty, nifty, nimble, nippy, spry, svelte), συναγερμόσ (rally, tocsin), συναγερμός (alarm), συναγερμική ειδοποίηση (alerting), σε επαγρύπνηση, σε ετοιμότητα, πανέτοιμοσ, άγρυπνοσ (awake, open-eyed, sleepless, wake, wakeful, watchdog, watchfulness), άγρυπνος. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מצב "כון, לעורר (alarm, appeal, contest, excite, infuriate, inspire, instigate, occasion, promote, prompt, spark, spirit, stimulate, stir up), ער י (aware, pert, sprightly, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, wide awake), ער (awake, vigilant, wakeful), אות אזעק" (tocsin), אזעק" (alarm, call up), זריז (adroit, agile, dexterous, mercurial, nimble, quick, spanking, swift), "זעק" (call up, summoning). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

légiriadó (air-raid alarm, air-raid alert, air-raid warning), éber (awake, sleepless, to be wide awake, to keep the eyes peeled, unsleeping, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, wide awake). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tanda (apostrophe, auspice, hallmark, indication, mark, seal, sign, signal, tally, token), sinyal (signal), gancang (quick, spry). (various references)

   

Italian

  

allarme (alarm, apprehensiveness, concern, scare, warning). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

待機 (await an opportunity, standby, wait for orders), アモルファス半導" (a la carte, alarm, alignment, Allah, alliance, amorphous semiconductor, around, Ayatollah). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいき (atmosphere, await an opportunity, great talent, large container, standby, wait for orders), アラート . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경 발생. (various references)

   

Manx

  

raaue (caution, danger signal, notice, premonition, warning), geyre-inchynagh (quick-witted, sharp-witted), geyre-chooishagh (astute, discriminating, sharp-witted, shrewd, subtle), arreydagh (attentive, caretaker, cautious, circumspect, immigrant). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alertay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

alerta (acock, adroit, agile, alarm, brisk, keen, prompt, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

atent (advertent, amiable, attentive, attentively, careful, carefully, close, closely, complaisant, considerate, courteous, curious, deliberately, delicate, heedful, intent, jealous, listening, mindfully, nice, observant, observantly, painstaking, regardful, searching, tender, watchful), alerta, alarmã (alarm, alarum, panic, terror, uneasiness), alarma (alarm, disquiet), vioi (active, animated, breezy, bright, brisk, briskly, cheery, chirpy, crisp, full of beans, gamy, hasty, hoity toity, lightsome, lithe, live, lively, living, mercurial, merry, mettlesome, nimble, nimbly, pleasant, quick-witted, racy, Randy, ready, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, vigorous, volatile), vigilent (unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, watchful), treaz (astir, awake, sleepless, slumberless, sober, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, watching), neadormit (active, attentive, awake, tireless, unwinking, vigilant, watchful), iute (agile, alive, brisk, expeditious, fast, fleet, fleetingly, hasty, hot, hot tempered, lively, mercurial, merry, nippy, peppered, peppery, piquant, pungent, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rattling, sharp, spanking, speedy, spirited, steep, strong, swift, swiftly, trippingly, violent, warm). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

тревога (alarm, angst, anxiety, disquiet, disquietude, trepidation, worry), настороженный (watchful), бдительный (Argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, open-eyed, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, ware, watchful, wide awake, wide-awake), предупреждать тревога бдительный. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

znak za uzbunu, oprezan (argus-eyed, careful, chary, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, measured, vigilant, ware, wary, wide awake), biti oprezan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alerta (awake, clamp, open-eyed, stand to, watchful), alarma (alarm, hue and cry, scare, warning). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

alert (lively, open-eyed, watchful, wide awake), vaken (awake, lively, quick, sharp, wakeful, wakening), livlig (adroit, agile, animate, animated, brisk, bubbly, buckish, high pitched, intense, keen, kittenish, lively, mercurial, mettlesome, nimble, pert, racy, rousing, snappy, vital, vivacious, volatile). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

atik (agile, lissom, lissome, nimble, quick, snappy), alârma geçirmek (alarm), alârm (action stations, alarm, alarum), açıkgöz (astute, canny, cunning, fly, heady, hip, knowing, leery, nimble, open-eyed, sharp, shrewd, smart, spry, up and coming, vigilant, wide awake), uyarmak (admonish, advise, advise against, advise smb. of smth., awake, awake smb. to smth., caution, charge, excite, exhort, expostulate, forewarn, give notice, give smb. notice of, give warning, induce, lecture, remonstrate, serve notice, sex up, stimulate, tip, tip off, tip smb. off, tip the wink, warn), uyanık (argus-eyed, astir, awake, aware, canny, conscious, enterprising, fly, guarded, heady, leery, nimble, on the alert, open-eyed, sharp, shrewd, sleepless, smart, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake, with it), tetikte olma, tetik (awake, detent, nimble, trigger), tehlike işareti (alarm, danger signal, red flag, tocsin), gözünü açmak (awake, disabuse, disabuse of, disenchant, disillusion, open one's eyes, shake up, undeceive, wake, waken). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

trewoga (r) (alarm, warning), synзy (sharp, shrewd), howsala (alarm, warning), hьюgдr (vigilant, watchful). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стан бойової готовності, спритний (adroit, agile, arch, artful, canny, cunning, deft, dexterous, dodgy, fly, handy, light fingered, light-handed, natty, nifty, nimble, nimble footed, nimble-fingered, pert, politic, practical, shuffling, slick, tactical, whipping, wide awake, zippy), тямущий (adept, capable, comprehensive, cute, dexterous, docile, intelligenced, smart, well-seen, wise), тривога (alarm, anxiety, care, disquiet, tizzy, trepidation, worry), кмітливий (acute, apprehensive, clever, cute, dexterous, grasping, intelligent, nimble, nimble-witted, quick, ready-witted, sagacious), оголошувати тривогу (give the alarm), обережний (canny, careful, cautionary, cautious, chary, circumspect, circumspective, deliberate, discreet, fabian, gingerly, heedful, precautious, tender, up and coming, ware, wary, watchful), насторожений (circumspect, circumspective, listening, prick-eared, wary, watchful), моторний (adroit, agile, dapper, dashing, deft, dexterous, lissome, lithesome, mercurial, motor, nimble, nippy, ready, spry, volant), жвавий (active, agile, airy, alive, alive and kicking, animated, breezy, brisk, canty, chirpy, crisp, dashing, exhilarated, gleg, jaunty, live, living, mobile, nimble, peppy, perky, slippy, sprightly, vivid, whisky, youthful, zippy), проворний (expeditious, limber, smart), привести до стану готовності, попереджувати про небезпеку, пильний (attentive, awake, circumspect, circumspective, dusty, hawk-eyed, open-eyed, sleepless, staring, vigilant, ware, wide awake). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thời gian báo động phòng không sự cảnh giác, tỉnh táo (conscious, flew, fly, wakeful), sự báo nguy sự báo động phòng không, sự báo động (alarm), sự đề phòng (look-out, precaution), nhanh nhẹn (agile, alive, crispy, dapper, spry, tripping), nhanh nhẫu, hoạt bát (bright, chipper, chirpy, dapper, mercurial, quick, spry, up-and-coming, vivacious, volatile), cảnh giác linh lợi. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

hoyw (bright, gay, homosexual, lively, spritely), gwyliadwrus (cautious, watchful), esgud (active, quick, swift), effro (awake, vigilant). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Alert

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

erigere. (various references)

Italian900-Modern

all'erta. (various references)

French1500-Modern

alerte. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Alert

Derivations

Words beginning with "alert": alerted, alerter, alertest, alerting, alertly, alertness, alertnesses, alerts. (additional references)

Words ending with "alert": hyperalert, overalert. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Alert" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acert, Aclet, Aelst, Aeltc, aert, agert, Ailort, alara, alard, alark, alarp, alat, Alatri, alear, aleat, aleer, aleet, alegret, alent, aler, alere, Alero, alery, alet, Aleta, Aletti, Alexr, alher, alir, Allekto, allers, Allett, Alletti, Allexr, Alnemri, alner, Alor, alorn, Alper, alpert, alred, alreet, altre, aluet, alur, Alzet, aperta, Aperte, aqer, arert, Arlett, asert, Ayler, Balart, Eilert, Elert, Elwert, Gallert, lairt, leert, lert, olert. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Alert"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "alert" (pronounced uler"t)
3-l er" tblurt, flirt.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Alert

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alter, artel, later, ratel, taler.

Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-t"

-1 letter: earl, late, lear, rale, rate, real, tael, tale, tare, teal, tear, tela.

-2 letters: ale, alt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, eta, lar, lat, lea, let, rat, ret, tae, tar, tea, tel.

-3 letters: ae, al, ar, at, el, er, et, la, re, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-t"
 

+1 letter: alerts, alters, antler, armlet, artels, cartel, claret, dartle, elater, elytra, estral, falter, halter, labret, laster, lather, latter, learnt, lyrate, palter, plater, ratels, rattle, realty, rectal, relate, rental, retail, retial, retral, salter, slater, staler, stelar, tailer, talers, talker, taller, tergal, thaler, tramel, travel, varlet.

 

+2 letters: alerted, alerter, alertly, altered, alterer, antlers, apteral, armlets, article, artless, atelier, battler, blaster, blather, blatter, bleater, bloater, brattle, cartels, central, clarets, clatter, crestal, dartled, dartles, delator, dextral, dilater, earthly, elaters, enteral, enthral, estrual, eternal, exalter, falters, flatter, floater, gloater, greatly, halbert, haltere, halters, harslet, irately, labrets, lambert, lamster, lantern, largest, lasters, laterad, lateral, lathers, lathery, lathier, latrine, lazaret, leather, legator, leotard, levator, librate, literal, loather, locater, lyrated, maltier, marlite, martlet, neutral, palters, partlet, peartly, persalt, petrale, peytral, plaiter, planter, plaster, platers, platier, platter, pleater, plectra, prattle, prelate, prolate, psalter, pteryla, ratable, rathole, ratlike, ratline, rattled, rattler, rattles, realest, realist, reality, reallot, realter, realtor, recital, redtail, reflate, refloat, refutal, related, relater, relates, relator, reliant, rentals, replant, replate, reslate, retable, retails, retinal, retrial, saltern, salters, saltier, saltire, saluter, scarlet, slaters, slather, slatier, stabler, stalker, stapler, starlet, startle, stealer, stellar, sternal, tackler, tailers, talkers, talkier, tallier, tangler, tartlet, tattler, tearful, tearily, tegular, teleran, templar, tertial, thalers, thermal, torulae, trachle, trailed, trailer, tramell, tramels, trammel, trample, travels, trawled, trawler, trawley, treacle, treacly, treadle, trehala, trenail, triable, tutelar, uralite, varlets, vaulter, ventral, vestral, waltzer, warstle, wastrel, wrastle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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