alert

adj

/əˈlɜːt/UK/əˈlɝt/US

Etymology

From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

derived from all'erta
borrowed from alerte

Definitions

Attentive
Attentive; awake; on guard.
2
brisk
brisk; 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
An alarm.
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1. A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
2. 5
  A state of readiness for potential combat.
  - an airborne alert; ground alert
3. Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
4. To give warning to.
5. A community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
  A community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.
6. An alternative name for Alharod, a village in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province,…
  An alternative name for Alharod, a village in Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
7. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

A&O assessment, alert and oriented assessment, alert and oriented, alertless, alertly, alertness, hyperalert, overalert, superalert, unalert, alert fatigue, alert five, amber alert, drink alert, e-alert, margin alert, medical alert jewelry, on alert, on the alert, red alert, silver alert, spew alert, spoiler alert

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alert. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at alert. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at alert

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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