Definitions for alert

alert a·lert

Spelling: [uh-lurt]
IPA: /əˈlɜrt/

Alert is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in alert (aelrt).

Definitions for alert

noun

  1. an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
  2. a warning or alarm of an impending military attack, a storm, etc.:
  3. the period during which such a warning or alarm is in effect.

Idioms

  1. on the alert, on guard against danger; in readiness; vigilant:

adjective

  1. fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen:
  2. swift; agile; nimble.

verb (used with object)

  1. to warn (troops, ships, etc.) to prepare for action.
  2. to warn of an impending raid, attack, storm, etc.:
  3. to advise or warn; cause to be on guard:

Origin of alert

1590-1600; 1940-45 for def 4; Italian all'erta, equivalent to all(a) to, on the + erta lookout, watchtower, orig. feminine of erto, past participle of ergere Latin ērigere to Examples for alert

Instantly, he was all alert to meet the exigencies of the situation.

Most people are expected to self-monitor and alert authorities if their temperature rises.

He moved with alert assurance, lithely balanced on the balls of his feet, noiselessly.

If someone finds a great spot to set up camp miles away, they can alert friends from other groups.

With narrow, alert eyes, Linda was watching, and her brain was keenly alive.

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

They walk closely together, tense, and alert in their movements.

Minutes before an airplane hit the water, an alert would go out.

I also want to alert you to the broader circumstances of my incarceration.

And accordingly, when he wakened in the middle of the night, he was alert on the instant.

Word Value for alert
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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