Definitions for alerts

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alerts a·lert

Spelling: [uh-lurt]

IPA: /əˈlɜrt/

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

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in alerts (aelrst).

Definitions for alerts

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 alerts

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 alerts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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