alert
AdjektivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//əˈlɜːt//
- Vereinigte Staaten//əˈlɝt//
Attentive; awake; on guard.
Adjektiv
- 1
Attentive; awake; on guard.
- 2
veraltetbrisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself
Herkunft
From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).
Substantiv
- 1
An alarm.
- 2
A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
- 3
A state of readiness for potential combat.
an airborne alert; ground alert
- 4
Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
Verb
- 1
To give warning to.
Herkunft
Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.
Formen
- Plural
- alerts
- Komparativ
- more alert
- Superlativ
- most alert
- Präteritum
- alerted
- Partizip II
- alerted
- Partizip I
- alerting
- 3. Person Singular
- alerts