alert
See also: Alert
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
- Hyphenation: a‧lert
Etymology 1
From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l’erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).[1]
Adjective
alert (comparative more alert, superlative most alert)
- Attentive; awake; on guard.
- (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
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- an alert young fellow
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Translations
attentive
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Noun
alert (plural alerts)
- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
Translations
an alarm
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a notification
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Etymology 2
Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adj). Compare French alerter.[2]
Verb
alert (third-person singular simple present alerts, present participle alerting, simple past and past participle alerted)
- To give warning to.
Translations
to give warning to
References
- ^ "alert, adj. and n.", OED Online, revised Sep. 2012 for Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed.. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "alert, v.", OED Online, revised Sep. 2012 for Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed.. Oxford University Press.
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
alert (comparative alerter, superlative alertst)
Inflection
Declension of alert | ||||
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uninflected | alert | |||
inflected | alerte | |||
comparative | alerter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | alert | alerter | het alertst het alertste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | alerte | alertere | alertste |
n. sing. | alert | alerter | alertste | |
plural | alerte | alertere | alertste | |
definite | alerte | alertere | alertste | |
partitive | alerts | alerters | — |
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
alert (comparative alerter, superlative am alertesten)
Declension
Further reading
- “alert” in Duden online
Swedish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
alert (comparative alertare, superlative alertast)
Declension
Inflection of alert | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | alert | alertare | alertast |
Neuter singular | alert | alertare | alertast |
Plural | alerta | alertare | alertast |
Masculine plural3 | alerte | alertare | alertast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | alerte | alertare | alertaste |
All | alerta | alertare | alertaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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